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• New Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom duplication glitch found two days after the last one was patched out

  30-05-2023 23:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  It did not take The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players very long at all to find a new duplication glitch after the last one was patched out of the game.The Zelda Tears of the Kingdom dupe glitch, as the name suggests, would let you basically duplicate any item in the game with some fairly simple inventory manipulation. Nintendo patched out all known variations of the dupe glitch with the 1.1.2 update on May 26. By May 28, however, players had already discovered a new version of the du
  
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• Ganondorf himself is hosting Critical Role's Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom D&D session

  30-05-2023 22:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Critical Role is hosting a The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom-themed tabletop role-playing session that's being officially sponsored and promoted by Nintendo.The event is set to broadcast on Critical Role's Twitch and YouTube channels later today, May 30, at 7pm PDT / 10pm EDT, or 3am BST on May 31. Nintendo says in a press release that this broadcast will focus "on an original story scenario and characters inspired by the world of the Nintendo Switch game." Players will include Liam O&rs
  
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• Metal Gear Solid 3 remake's voices "remain as they were in the original game"

  30-05-2023 20:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Series fans were thrilled to learn that the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake would be using the original game's voice cast, but it's starting to sound like the game is simply going to be reusing old voice lines.The press release announcing the MGS3 remake - or Metal Gear Solid Delta, if you prefer - noted that the game will "star the original voice characters." You might attribute it to a strange translation or word choice, but it is peculiar that the press release did not specifically use the word "ac
  
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• Hideo Kojima was ready to cancel Metal Gear Solid 2 and resign after 9/11

  30-05-2023 19:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima was on the verge of canceling Metal Gear Solid 2 and resigning from Konami after the events of September 11, 2001.The end of Metal Gear Solid 2 sees Arsenal Gear - a giant submersible fortress - crash into Manhattan. In-game, the scene simply jumps from the ship speeding across the ocean to it sitting amid several ruined New York buildings. A few behind-the-scenes details released over the years made clear that scenes of Arsenal Gear crashing into the city were removed in the wake o
  
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• Valheim dev urges modders to "make their mods freely available to all who want to play them"

  30-05-2023 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valheim developer Iron Gate Studio isn't a fan of paid mods and is urging creators to "make their mods freely available to all who want to play them".In a post titled "Regarding Mods" on Steam, the studio shared its position on player-created content for its Viking-themed sandbox survival game. "While we don't have any official mod support, we are definitely happy to see that people are engaging with our game and creating their own mods for it," Iron Gate said, adding that it finds it "flatterin
  
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• This cursed Tears of the Kingdom cosplay brings the Korok torture to real life

  30-05-2023 18:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  A very clever and devoted The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom fan has done the unthinkable and brought Korok torture to the real world. As highlighted by Twitter user @gurt_sc, one attendee at this year's MomoCon in the US decided to cosplay as one of the least-expected characters in Tears of the Kingdom. If you've been online over the last few weeks, you're sure to have seen dozens of videos of Korok torture - which is as brutal as it is hilarious. Players have found countless c
  
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• Diablo 4 lead on its servers at launch: "we're prepared"

  30-05-2023 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's devs feel optimistic about their game's servers after the recent playtests.Blizzard held its massive Server Slam open beta earlier this month, deliberately designed to let players stress test Blizzard's servers before launch. According to Diablo 4 general manager Rod Fergusson, the stress testing before launch has really paid off for Blizzard behind the scenes. "We learned a lot from each of them," Fergusson says of the several playtests to GamesRadar+ in a new interview. "We're
  
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• Zelda Tears of the Kingdom NPCs either fear Tingle or want to fight him

  30-05-2023 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has made a surprising discovery about the residents of Hyrule, more specifically, how they feel about series regular Tingle. As highlighted by the fan in the Tears of the Kingdom subreddit, a lot of the game's NPCs don't react well when Link puts on the Tingle outfit. "Why does the Tingle outfit scare everyone? What did my boy Tingle do?" the post reads, followed by a video of Link approaching random people in Hyrule whilst wearing the outfit i
  
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• Succession creator reveals what he thinks happens next for the Roy family

  30-05-2023 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has revealed what he believes happens to the Roy family following the show's series finale.Warning: Spoilers for the Succession finale ahead!The series ends with Tom becoming the successor to Logan's Waystar Royco, with Shiv falling her in mother's footsteps and becoming the unhappy wife to the big CEO.Much to the dismay of many fans, Roman does not end up with Gerri – the General Counsel he's been inappropriately obsessed with since season one. After imp
  
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• Ratchet & Clank finally comes to PC in just two months

  30-05-2023 17:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is coming to PC on July 26, 2023, marking the latest in PlayStation's efforts to court PC players.A Steam page went live alongside the port's announcement today. The timing comes as a bit of a surprise, as this is the sort of thing we'd have expected to see at last week's PlayStation Showcase.The PC port of Rift Apart will include several improvements and additions over the PS5 original, including ultrawide support for resolutions up through 21:9, 32:9, and 48:9 t
  
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• Final Fantasy 16 inspired one of Final Fantasy 14's coolest fights before it was even revealed

  30-05-2023 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 16 has been influencing Final Fantasy 14 since before the new game was even revealed.In a new interview with Inverse, Final Fantasy 14 director and Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida sheds some light on the shared history between the two games. August 2020 saw the launch of patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy 14, where players would take on the Sapphire Weapon in a mech called the G-Warrior, as part of the post-Shadowbringers patches. The Sapphire Weapon fight was really damn coo
  
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• Disney Plus removes a much-loved Marvel show without warning

  30-05-2023 16:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel’s Runaways is one of the first victims of the Disney Plus content purge. The beloved series, which follows a group of teenage superheroes, has been removed from the streaming platform without any notice to viewers.All three seasons of the Hulu original were taken off along with several other shows including Willow and Y: The Last Man in a cost-cutting measure. There were reports that the streamer was culling several original movies and shows, but at the time not all of them had been
  
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• Silent Hill Ascension looks like Twitch Plays Pokemon but horror

  30-05-2023 15:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Silent Hill Ascension has a new trailer and a deluge of new details.When Silent Hill Ascension was announced in October 2022, we had few confirmed project details besides being a real-time streaming series. Now, we have the trailer below to go on, revealing Ascension will follow multiple characters around the world as Silent Hill's always-charming monsters pursue them.The interactive nature of Ascension means you'll be able to choose how it plays out. Yes, this is basically Twitch Plays Pokemon
  
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• Marvel just retired one of its longest-serving heroes

  30-05-2023 15:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last week Marvel paid tribute to 60 years of Nick Fury with a double-sized anniversary one-shot. The issue, written by Al Ewing, is a grand celebration of one of Marvel's most enduring characters, but it also marks the end of the road for Nick Fury Sr., who ends the issue by deciding to take a break from protecting Earth-616.The special issue celebrated the past, present, and future of Fury with several interconnected vignettes, all penned by Ewing, and drawn by Scott Eaton, Tom Reilly, Adam Kub
  
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• Sony is being investigated over concerns it's abusing a "dominant position in the video game console market"

  30-05-2023 15:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony is being investigated by Romania's competition watchdog over concerns it's abusing PlayStation's dominant position in the console market by having digital games available through the PlayStation Store only and banning third parties from selling activation codes.In a press release, translated and shared on ResetEra, the Romanian Competition Council said, "The competition authority has indications that Sony may have abused its dominant position in the video game console market both by selling
  
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• The Walking Dead's Rick and Michonne series wraps filming

  30-05-2023 15:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Walking Dead's upcoming Rick and Michonne spin-off has officially wrapped filming. To announce the news, the creative team behind the series, which is currently titled Summit, took to Twitter to share their appreciation of the fans that have kept the franchise alive for over 10 years."Thank you for creating the next world of The Walking Dead with us," the statement, from Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, executive producers Denise Huth and Brian Bockrath, and The Walking Dead's chief c
  
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• How to watch Pokemon in order: a complete guide to the TV show and movies

  30-05-2023 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Figuring out how to watch the Pokemon TV show in order – including the movies – is no easy feat. By 2023, there are well over 1,200 episodes, dozens of movies, and a handful of specials to factor in. Not to give you too much of a peek behind the curtain, but putting this watch order together gave us Confusion. Yes, it was super effective. We’ve come a long way from Ash and Pikachu hopping around Kanto with just 151 Pokemon to catch, let’s put it that way.First up, we&rsqu
  
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• The Little Mermaid has a cameo from the original Ariel actor – and it has a poignant double meaning

  30-05-2023 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Little Mermaid live-action remake revamps the classic story with new songs, a longer runtime, and some key story tweaks. However, despite a big update to the Disney classic, some fans have noticed an emotional callback to the original movie is hidden in plain sight.**Warning: We'll be getting into slight spoilers from here on, so if you want to go in fresh, bookmark this page for later.**When Ariel is exploring the human world with Prince Eric, she encounters a kind woman at the market who i
  
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• Zelda Tears of the Kingdom's Ascend ability temporarily turns Hyrule into a green cube

  30-05-2023 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom out-of-bounds video has shown what happens to Hyrule when Link uses the Ascend ability. As highlighted by Twitter user and YouTuber Boundary Break, Nintendo uses some game development trickery to get Link to Ascend through surfaces in Tears of the Kingdom. According to the tweet below, when Link ascends, the world around him is removed and replaced with a green cube. Okay, that's a pretty straightforward way of explaining it, but it's basically what h
  
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• You can now stay at The Conjuring house and go ghost-hunting in the grounds

  30-05-2023 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fancy yourself as a bit of an insatiable horror head? Are scary movies just not hitting the spot these days? Well, you might be intrigued to know, then, that The Conjuring house is currently offering a ghost-hunting camping adventure to the bravest of terror seekers. Would you have what it takes to stay there?The experience's website promises "authentic opportunities for guests to learn about and experience paranormal phenomena", as well the well-documented Perron family haunting, which inspired
  
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• Final Fantasy 14's best meme won't stop following Naoki Yoshida around

  30-05-2023 13:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14's beloved low-polygon grapes are still following Naoki Yoshida around, nearly two years later.Poor old Yoshida, he just can't escape those grapes. When Final Fantasy 14's Endwalker expansion launched in December 2021, fans quickly adored its grapes, with their few polygons and very PS1 aesthetic. Unfortunately, Square Enix fixed the grapes by adding more polygons, much to the despair of millions of fans worldwide.Now, Final Fantasy 16 producer and Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki
  
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• This is not the way! Pedro Pascal is so kind to fans he ended up with an eye infection

  30-05-2023 13:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pedro Pascal isn’t shaking his reputation as one of Hollywood’s nicest actors any time soon after a recent admission. Speaking on The Hollywood Reporter’s drama actor roundtable, The Mandalorian star opened up about one of the unusual requests he used to get when encountering fans. "I remember, earlier on, because of Game of Thrones and the way my character died – speaking of touching – people were super into taking selfies with their thumbs in my eyes," he exp
  
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• That Marvel's Spider-Man 2 gameplay teaser wasn't even the final version of the sequel

  30-05-2023 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Insomniac has confirmed our recent look at Marvel's Spider-Man 2 wasn't from the final build of the sequel.Earlier this month saw a blockbuster gameplay demo for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, featuring Peter and Miles fighting the Lizard, and Kraven the Hunter emerging from the shadows. Now, Insomniac community director James Stevenson has revealed on Twitter that the gameplay demo wasn't taken from the final version of the upcoming sequel.pic.twitter.com/p3hgtAzyeNMay 27, 2023See more
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• Cyberpunk 2077 devs are showing off the Phantom Liberty DLC at Summer Game Fest

  30-05-2023 13:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty will be shown at this year's Summer Game Fest.In a tweet, developer CD Projekt Red revealed Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty will be included as part of Summer Game Fest 2023, which kicks off on June 8. The tweet specifies that the highly anticipated expansion "will be present at Play Days," an invite-only event which gives attendees, namely media and creators, a chance to go hands-on with upcoming releases. It's not clear whether anyone aside from that will get to
  
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• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has almost 100 named characters – and dozens more variations

  30-05-2023 12:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse co-director Justin Thompson has revealed the scarcely believable amount of Spider-Men, Spider-Women, and Spider-People that form part of the multiverse-heavy cast of the Spider-Verse sequel."The exact number? Oh boy, we kept adding, like all the way up until the very end. Honestly, I'm gonna be level with you, we just finished the film, like in the last like two weeks, and I don't think I've had time to pause and actually take a final count," Thompson explaine
  
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• Andy Samberg's Across the Spider-Verse role confirmed

  30-05-2023 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Andy Samberg's role in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has been confirmed – the actor is voicing Ben Reilly, AKA Scarlet Spider, according to the official Spider-Verse Twitter account. In Marvel comics, Ben Reilly is a clone of Peter Parker who was grown in a lab by the supervillain the Jackal with the purpose of going up against the original Spider-Man. However, the two become allies instead. The character first appeared in comics in The Amazing Spider-Man in 1975, but this is Sc
  
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• Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom fan takes up job at a delivery company to play the game early, gets busted by their mom

  30-05-2023 12:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Two Japanese workers allegedly infiltrated a delivery company to steal copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom before launch.As originally reported by Japanese publication Bunshun (and translated by Automaton Media), two Japanese youths reportedly started working at an Amazon subcontractor earlier this year. The pair started working at the delivery company a month before Tears of the Kingdom launched, as part of a plan to steal and play the game before launch on May 12.The two employ
  
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• Martin Scorsese announces his next movie is about Jesus after meeting with the Pope

  30-05-2023 12:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Martin Scorsese has revealed the subject of his next film – and it's going to be a movie about Jesus Christ. The director's latest effort, Killers of the Flower Moon, hasn't even had its wide release yet (though it's already garnering rave reactions and reviews, like our own 5-star Killers of the Flower Moon review).  "I have responded to the Pope's appeal to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus," Scorsese revealed at a confe
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 actor researched "the behaviors of addiction" to prepare for Peter Parker donning the Venom suit

  30-05-2023 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 actor Yuri Lowenthal says they researched "the behaviors of addiction" when preparing for Peter Parker's Symbiote suit scenes in the sequel. Last week, during the PlayStation Showcase, we got our first look at Peter Parker wearing the Symbiote suit in Marvel's Spider-Man 2. It's clear from the footage shared by Insomniac that Peter isn't quite his usual friendly neighborhood Spider-Man self when donning the new suit, so Lowenthal had to adjust his performance according
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 leads the charge in the PLAY fantasy special

  30-05-2023 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Our fabulous fantasy special (aka PLAY #28) is out now! In this adventure-filled issue, we go hands-on with our cover star Baldur's Gate 3 alongside a deep dive into the history of Dungeons & Dragons games on PlayStation. Plus, we chat with Airship Syndicate about their fantastical MMORPG Wayfinder, board the Astral Express in the space-faring anime adventure Honkai: Star Rail, deliver the final verdict on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and more!Subscribe to PLAY Magazine here to save on the
  
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• Wait, has The Witcher already been renewed for season 5?

  30-05-2023 11:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher season 3 may be about to hit our screens, but it seems we’ll be spending a whole lot more time on the Continent. The fantasy show has reportedly been renewed for season 5 already, according to its casting director. Speaking to Deadline, Sophie Holland gave an update on their filming process, as she teased: "We’re just about to start filming on season four with Liam Hemsworth and there will be a short gap then we go straight into season five."Before this, Netflix had
  
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• Mark Hamill doesn’t expect to play Luke Skywalker again – but another actor could

  30-05-2023 11:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mark Hamill has addressed whether he'll play Luke Skywalker again – and the possibility of another actor taking on the mantle of the Jedi Master.Luke Skywalker, you may remember, last appeared in The Book of Boba Fett in part-CGI form, with a mix of Hamill and actor Graham Hamilton presenting a younger version of the character. Speaking to Esquire, Hamill says he doesn’t expect to don the robes again in that guise."People say, 'Oh, now you're going to be able to do a whole serie
  
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• The Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077 dev shoots down random rumour that Sony is buying CD Projekt

  30-05-2023 11:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Destiny 2 leaker has forced CD Projekt to deny Sony is acquiring it.Over the past weekend, a rumour spread that Sony was in talks to acquire CD Projekt. The unsubstantiated claim spread like wildfire on Twitter to the point that CD Projekt denied the claim.In a recent earnings call, CD Projekt CEO Adam Kiciński was asked whether there was any truth to it all. "Nothing has changed in our end. So, I can repeat what we have been saying throughout the years – CD Projekt is not for sale,
  
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