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• Gollum devs offer "sincere apologies" for the game

  26-05-2023 23:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has launched to utterly dismal reviews, and now developer Daedalic Entertainment is offering apologies for the whole thing."We would like to sincerely apologize for the underwhelming experience many of you have had with The Lord of Ring: Gollum upon its release," the tweet says. "We acknowledge and deeply regret that the game did not meet the expectations we set for ourselves or for our dedicated community. Please accept our sincere apologies for any disappointment
  
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• Destiny devs reportedly "raised questions" about the long-term fun of Last of Us multiplayer

  26-05-2023 22:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  After PlayStation previously announced that Bungie would help conduct a "rigorous review process" of the publisher's live service catalog, a new report suggests that the recently delayed Last of Us multiplayer game was the first casualty of this reevaluation.PlayStation acquired Destiny 2 developer Bungie in a $3.6 billion deal announced over a year ago. During a financial report earlier this week (via TweakTown), Sony announced that it intends to "work with Bungie on a rigorous review process a
  
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• The Last of Us multiplayer is delayed, but Naughty Dog is working on a new single-player game

  26-05-2023 21:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us multiplayer has been pushed back internally, but Naughty Dog has made up for it by confirming that "a brand-new single player experience" is also in the works.In a tweet earlier today, the studio said that while it knows many fans have been looking forward to hearing about the multiplayer project and the team is "incredibly proud" of its work so far, "we've realized what is best for the game is to give it more time."
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• The Last of Us multiplayer delayed, new single-player game announced

  26-05-2023 20:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us multiplayer has been pushed back internally, but Naughty Dog has made up for it by confirming that "a brand-new single players experience" is also in the works.In a tweet earlier today, the studio said that while it knows many fans have been looking forward to hearing about the multiplayer project and the team is "incredibly proud" of its work so far, "we've realized what is best for the game is to give it more time."
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• The incredible-looking Phantom Blade 0 is a semi-open-world "rebirth" of a $7 indie JRPG

  26-05-2023 20:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Phantom Blade 0 made a heck of an impression at the PlayStation Showcase with a trailer that seemed tailor-made to capture the attention of Sekiro fans. Now we're starting to get a bit more information about the game, which has its roots in a very small-scale indie JRPG series."Soulframe" Liang, founder of developer S-Game, explains on the PlayStation Blog that Phantom Blade 0 has its roots in RPG Maker. That's an inexpensive tool that lets aspiring indie devs create their own games in the class
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will feature 3 Spidey skill trees - Peter, Miles, and shared abilities

  26-05-2023 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will have three separate skill trees, one each for Peter Parker and Miles Morales, and a third for shared abilities. Sony wrapped up its latest PlayStation Showcase with a look at gameplay for the much-anticipated Marvel's Spider-Man 2. We saw Peter don the iconic Symbiote Spider-Man suit, which gives him access to a ton of powerful new abilities for putting Kraven the Hunter in his place. Miles Morales is also playable and has some electrifying new tricks up his sleev
  
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• Night in the Woods dev says loyal fans thought someone stole his cat artwork to make Revenant Hill

  26-05-2023 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  A developer on Night in the Woods received messages from fans asking whether the recently-announced Revenant Hill featured stolen artwork from them - after fans didn't realize they were designed by the same person. Scott Benson, the founder of Infinite Fall - developer of Night in the Woods - has shared that: "A few people have alerted me that this game [Revenant Hill] that was just announced has a cat that looks suspiciously like something I'd draw and I'd like to say thank you, vigilant h
  
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• Minecraft's big 1.20 update finally arrives in June

  26-05-2023 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Minecraft's Trails and Tales update is out next month on June 7.Earlier this month, we reported that the huge Minecraft 1.20 update seemed nearly ready for launch, with developer Mojang posting new screenshots of the version. Now those theories have come to pass, as it turns out the mighty Trails and Tales update will be out in just a few week's time from now on June 7 on all platforms.Minecraft's 1.20 update and the Trails and Tales update are one and the same. Trails and Tales is just the subt
  
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• Batman and Catwoman clash in the Dawn of DC's latest chapter: The Gotham War

  26-05-2023 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like the Bat and the Cat are at loggerheads once more... DC has unveiled the next chapter in its ongoing Dawn of DC event, and Batman and Catwoman's often turbulent relationship is set to take a drastic turn for the worse... Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War sees Selina Kyle take on the mantle of crime boss, leading the sometimes allies/sometimes lovers to go to war against each other.The event, which is written by Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard and pencilled by Mike Hawthorne and Adriano
  
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• Greg Davies and Alex Horne reveal their ideal Taskmaster contestant – and it's a royally good idea

  26-05-2023 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over the years beloved Channel 4 game show Taskmaster has had some great contestants, from popular comedians such as James Acaster to actors like Nicola Coughlan. It's the invite everyone is hoping for as who wouldn't want to participate in the nonsense?Well, as it turns out hosts Alex Horne and Greg Davies' top pick for a contestant is yet to say yes, despite the fact that the rest of us would jump at the opportunity. So then, who exactly is this mystery person? Speaking to GamesRadar+ on the B
  
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• Quentin Tarantino takes aim at streaming movies: "It’s like they don’t even exist"

  26-05-2023 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Quentin Tarantino has taken aim at everyone’s favorite industry punching bag: big-budget streaming movies.While talking to Deadline about his plans for a final movie, the legendary director’s attention turned to streaming services."Now is a good time [to stop] because I mean, what even is a motion picture anyway anymore?" Tarantino lamented. "Is it just something that they show on Apple? That would be diminishing returns."Tarantino then made reference to Netflix and Ryan Reynolds &nd
  
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• Foot fans have the Diablo 4 lead calling for a Barbie crossover

  26-05-2023 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  A viral tweet that's something of a foot fetishists' dream has convinced the lead developer of Diablo 4 that we need a Diablo X Barbie crossover.I promise you that intro isn't just a game of Mad Libs gone wrong. Yesterday, with the launch of the new Barbie trailer and increasingly frequent social media teasers for the release of Diablo 4, people started to notice that there were a lot of women's feet on the ol' timeline. Well, more properly, a lot of dolls' and ancient demon queens' feet.Nobody
  
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• Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player creates fully working Metal Gear Rex replica

  26-05-2023 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's the beginning of a new day, which means someone's made something else wildly creative in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.This time though, someone's really taken their Ultrahand ability to the next level, literally recreating the iconic Metal Gear Rex from the original Metal Gear Solid in Tears of the Kingdom, complete with a working railgun. As the caption brilliantly reads: "Colonel, he's on the move!"
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 fans are worried it might have too many villains

  26-05-2023 16:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 fans are a little concerned the sequel has too many villains.Earlier this week Marvel's Spider-Man 2 got a blockbuster new trailer at the PlayStation Showcase for May 2023, confirming the likes of The Lizard, Kraven the Hunter, Taskmaster, Wraith, and more would be appearing in the sequel as antagonists for Peter Parker and Miles Morales to take down.With all those villains wreaking havoc in New York City, some fans are a little worried Insomniac's sequel is bursting at the
  
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• Spider-Man 2 fans are hoping one of the 90s cartoon's most iconic scenes might return in the sequel

  26-05-2023 16:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 fans are hoping that an unintentionally hilarious scene from a 30 year old cartoon will make a return in the upcoming sequel.This week's PlayStation Showcase introduced us to Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with a lengthy gameplay trailer. Star of the show was Peter Parker and his fancy new suit - the Venom symbiote seems to rear its head early in the game, and Peter's new abilities come at the cost of his manners.Elsewhere in the trailer, however, we get a look at a map that shows o
  
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• PlayStation Showcase's 'game of the show' is drawing a lot of attention from the Sekiro fandom

  26-05-2023 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The slick new action-RPG Phantom Blade Zero is getting lots of interest from Sekiro fans.Sony's recent PlayStation Showcase offered a plethora of exciting announcements from some of the biggest series, including the unveiling of the long-rumoured Metal Gear Solid 3 remake as well as the release date for Assassin's Creed Mirage, and a new trailer for Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Still, for many, it was Phantom Blade Zero, a bleak and brutal new action-RPG, that stole the show. "Phantom Blade Zero
  
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• Star Wars fans debate which characters would make good Jedi

  26-05-2023 16:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another day, another Star Wars debate. This time, the galaxy far, far away's fandom isn't discussing the merits of zips, whether spinning is actually a good trick, or that major Mandalorian moment involving the Darksaber. Instead, Star Wars fans are asking the question: who else would make a good Jedi?In a Reddit post, one fan prompted the Star Wars community to "name a non-Star Wars fictional character that can also be a Jedi." The OP kicked things off with Gandalf, because of his "patience and
  
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• Gollum developer appears to have been funded to make another Lord of the Rings game

  26-05-2023 15:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lord of the Rings: Gollum developer could already be working on another game in the world of J.R.R. Tolkein's novels.As originally reported earlier today by German publication Games Wirtschaft, Daedalic Entertainment seemingly has another Lord of the Rings game in the works after Gollum. Daedalic has received a grant of over two million Euros from the German government to work on another Lord of the Rings game.What's more, the German outlet has been able to confirm that none of the funds fro
  
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• Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill is getting a 4K remaster for its 20th anniversary

  26-05-2023 15:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  In honor of its upcoming 20th anniversary, Lionsgate has partnered with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino to remaster his martial arts revenge thriller Kill Bill. According to Deadline, the studio has also bagged distribution rights to Kill Bill: Volume 2 and Jackie Brown, rounding up their number of Tarantino titles to eight."We've grown what is now Hollywood's largest portfolio of Tarantino films to include Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and Death Proo
  
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• Marvel puts Thunderbolts production on hold indefinitely

  26-05-2023 14:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another Marvel project has been put on hold due to the ongoing writers' strike – production on Thunderbolts has been paused indefinitely until a deal is reached and the strike comes to an end, Deadline reports. Filming on the anti-hero ensemble movie was meant to kick off next month in Atlanta, but now nothing is due to kick off until the WGA strike is called off.  Production has also recently been put on hold on upcoming TV show Wonder Man, which had been shooting in Los An
  
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• Mission: Impossible 7's epic runtime continues the trend of super-long blockbusters

  26-05-2023 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  We finally know Mission: Impossible 7's runtime – and it's set to be the longest film in the franchise yet.Ahead of the action sequel's release on June 28, IGN has confirmed that the movie is 2 hours and 36 minutes long without credits. In comparison, it's predecessor, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, was 2 hours and 28 minutes total and the installment before that, Rogue Nation, was 2 hours and 11 minutes. The series has been steadily increasing each entry's length since the original,
  
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• The Traitors stars want Derren Brown to be in a celeb special

  26-05-2023 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the UK fell in love with new reality TV show The Traitors last winter, there was only one question on the nation's lips: 'when will we get a celebrity special?' Plenty of similar shows have delivered successful celeb spin-offs in the past, from Big Brother to Channel 4's Hunted, so it seems only right that we get one for The Traitors too.We did of course get a tease for one in the form of a Comic Relief sketch, which saw host Claudia Winkleman be joined at the Round Table by the likes of Ewan
  
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• James Bond producers stopped Quentin Tarantinto adapting Casino Royale

  26-05-2023 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Quentin Tarantino was looking to adapt the James Bond story Casino Royale, but the 007 producers blocked the attempt, according to the director himself.Speaking to Deadline, Tarantino explained that there was a point where Eon Productions, which produces the Bond movies, did not own the rights to Casino Royale (hence the '67 Casino Royale movie). "We reached out to the Ian Fleming people, and they had suggested that they still own the rights to Casino Royale," Tarantino revealed. "And that'
  
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• Metal Gear Solid Collection stealthily adds the two original Metal Gear games

  26-05-2023 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metal Gear Solid's Master Collection will include both Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2.Earlier today, Eurogamer first noted that Konami was seemingly teasing a mystery addition to the Metal Gear Solid collection. The developer/publisher revealed on their website that more additions would apparently be coming to the collection at some point in the future.Looking elsewhere though, we have a pretty good idea of what these additions might be. It turns out that the PlayStation Store listing for the Metal
  
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• Alligator Loki crawls his way to print in a new Marvel one-shot

  26-05-2023 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The breakout star of Disney+'s Loki TV show, is snapping and chomping his way to print. We are, of course, talking about Alligator Loki, the reptilian variant of the Asgardian God of Mischief. Writer Alyssa Wong and artist Bob Quinn have been chronicling his adventures in the digital Infinity Comics series since March 2022. Now Marvel is collecting the series and adding a brand new adventure in September's Alligator Loki #1.Marvel said of the one-shot: "Bow down to the reptile in a helm who has
  
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• Another Witcher spin-off is reportedly filming – with Dolph Lundgren in the cast

  26-05-2023 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another spin-off of Netflix's The Witcher is reportedly filming – with Expendables and Rocky actor Dolph Lundgren seemingly on board.Lundgren told Swedish outlet Aftonbladet (H/T Collider) that he's currently filming a Witcher spin-off in South Africa.That may not seem like much, but a previous report earlier this month from Redanian Intelligence suggested that cameras are set to start rolling imminently on a Rats spin-off.For those unfamiliar, The Rats – in the novels, at least &nda
  
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• GTA 6 has to do the impossible - "reflect the feeling" of the series while also being "something never seen before"

  26-05-2023 13:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has spoken of how GTA 6 must offer something entirely new, while at the same time sticking to the formula fans know and love; basically, it has to do the impossible.Speaking on the Good Time Show podcast (via VGC), Zelnick said, "In the entertainment business… we adopt our hits like they're part of us, they're part of our family, you know, we have a great affinity for them and we take it personally if people screw around with them, like it's not okay if the cr
  
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• This streamer playing Dark Souls 3 twice at the same time might be the luckiest player ever

  26-05-2023 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Dark Souls 3 streamer playing the game twice at the same time became wildly lucky with their random number generation.Streamer BioticNova is tackling not just one playthrough of Dark Souls 3, but two, right at the same time. You can see an absolutely astounding clip from the streamer just below, in which their two playthroughs perfectly sync in harmony so they're able to parry Pontiff Sulyvahn back-to-back in both playthroughs at the same time.
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• It took this speedrunner 139 hours to 100% Tears of the Kingdom

  26-05-2023 12:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  A speedrunner claims to have 100% completed The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom after nearly six full days of gameplay.Youtuber Smallant - known for their Pokemon challenge runs and place on the pencil-sharpening speedrunning boards - announced yesterday that "I have 100% Tears of the Kingdom after 139 hours." That equates to five days and 19 hours of play, one of the highest totals I've seen since Nintendo revealed your TotK play counts earlier this week.
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• Game developers defend Lord of the Rings Gollum's poor reviews: "No one wants to ship a bad game"

  26-05-2023 12:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following The Lord of the Rings: Gollum's negative reviews, game developers are sharing their stories of rocky launches. It's no secret that Daedalic Entertainment's Lord of the Rings game hasn't been received very well. In our The Lord of the Rings: Gollum review, we gave it 2 out of 5 stars with many other outlets giving it a similar, if not worse, rating. With all the bleak discussion surrounding Gollum's release, some game developers have openly defended the title and shared their own s
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger is open to the MCU – and we'd love to see it

  26-05-2023 12:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger is open to the MCU – and frankly, we are so very excited at the possibilities. In conversation with Men's Health, Schwarzenegger gave his verdict on joining the Marvel universe: "If the role is right!"Those five words have opened up a whole multiverse of opportunities. What could be better than the actual Terminator himself entering the MCU? With Schwarzenegger's seriously impressive action chops, any role is his for the taking (and he's got a knack f
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 could be dabbling in the multiverse

  26-05-2023 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 fans are speculating the sequel could incorporate multiverse elements.This all stems from a PlayStation Blog post that came shortly after the new Marvel's Spider-Man 2 trailer earlier this week at the PlayStation Showcase for May 2023. The fan just below, joined by tonnes of others on Twitter, thinks that because a specific iteration of Earth is mentioned in the PlayStation Blog post, this alludes to the multiverse entering Insomniac's sequel.
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• John Wick 5 in early development – and that’s just the beginning

  26-05-2023 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lionsgate has confirmed John Wick 5 plans – and intends to build out the gun-toting franchise with spin-offs and a "AAA video game."Motion picture group chairman Joe Drake confirmed as much during Lionsgate’s recent earnings call (H/T ComicBook.com)."We're now moving across that franchise, not just in the AAA video game space, but looking at what the regular cadence of spin-offs, television really growing that universe so that there is a steady cadence of a franchise that there's cle
  
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• 70% of Tears of the Kingdom staff hadn't worked on a Zelda game before

  26-05-2023 11:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Around 70% of developers on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had never worked on a Zelda game before.Yesterday on May 25, Bungie senior activity designer Max Nichols broke down some figures from the Tears of the Kingdom credit list. It turns out that of the 1,148 people listed in the latest Zelda game's credits, roughly 800 had never worked on a Zelda game before, which means around 70% of staff were brand new to the series with Tears of the Kingdom.
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• Sisu director already has a sequel idea for his epic action film

  26-05-2023 11:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since it debuted to mass applause at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, suitably in the Midnight Madness section, audiences have been losing their minds over Finnish delight Sisu, a film destined to become an action classic. Delivering a satisfying blend of gory violence, epic action, and infectious spirit, Sisu makes the John Wick franchise seem pretty timid with just the first strike of the knife alone.It's no surprise then that viewers have been craving more, wanting to see wher
  
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• When is The Little Mermaid on Disney Plus?

  26-05-2023 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Don’t worry, you poor unfortunate souls. The Little Mermaid is coming to streaming – but a Disney Plus release could still be some way off. No, this isn’t scuttlebutt. Below, we’ve looked at Disney Plus’ recent releases to analyze and predict exactly when The Little Mermaid should be available to watch on streaming. Are you ready? Let’s go under the sea and dive into The Little Mermaid’s potential streaming release date.
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• The Little Mermaid differences: 9 major changes between the remake and animated original

  26-05-2023 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over 30 years later, we’re getting ready to head under the sea once more. The Little Mermaid live-action remake is now in cinemas and, as is par for the course with Disney’s reinventions of animated classics, a lot has changed.From new songs to completely original characters, there are differences aplenty in the Rob Marshall-directed musical – including ones that may not be obvious if you haven’t caught Ariel’s 1989 aquatic adventure in some time.So, join us as we r
  
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• Tears of the Kingdom patch removes every known variant of the game's duplications glitches

  26-05-2023 09:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom patch 1.1.2 has been released, and players are panicking over what appears to be the removal of every item duplication glitch that the community has been able to uncover since launch.Nintendo's official Tears of the Kingdom patch 1.1.2 notes read feature an audio fix that prevents sound from playing extremely loudly under certain conditions, and a quest fix that prevented players from completing the 'Camera Work in the Depths' quest. In addition to that,
  
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• Tears of the Kingdom patch removes every known variant of the game's duplication glitches

  26-05-2023 09:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom patch 1.1.2 has been released, and players are panicking over what appears to be the removal of every item duplication glitch that the community has been able to uncover since launch.Nintendo's official Tears of the Kingdom patch 1.1.2 notes read feature an audio fix that prevents sound from playing extremely loudly under certain conditions, and a quest fix that prevented players from completing the 'Camera Work in the Depths' quest. In addition to that,
  
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• Alone in the Dark Preview – A Forefather Of Survival Horror Returns

  26-05-2023 02:00
  
  Platform:PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC Publisher:THQ Nordic Developer:Pieces Interactive Release: TBA Before Resident Evil and Silent Hill, 1992’s Alone in the Dark helped lay the foundation for 3D survival horror before the genre even had a name. Players explored a haunted building laden with elaborate puzzles and scary monsters, with gameplay emphasizing thoughtful management of scarce resources. It even featured two playable characters with separate scenarios, an idea later adopte
  
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