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• Brett Goldstein shares emotional goodbye to Ted Lasso

  01-06-2023 23:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Brent Goldstein has shared an emotional goodbye to Ted Lasso via Instagram."Ted Lasso was a truly magical experience. A show about love, made with love, by the funniest, most beautiful and kindest people on the planet," he wrote. "Ted Lasso changed my life in every conceivable way. I will always feel grateful for it. Thank you to everyone who watched the show and believed and cared about it in ways we could never imagine. I learned so much, I laughed all the time and I made friends for life
  
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• Jed MacKay's Moon Knight run will come to a close with Knight's End

  01-06-2023 23:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Moon Knight, is about to reach 'Knight's End', the final arc of writer Jed MacKay's time on the title as just revealed by Marvel Comics with a teaser image, seen below.The just-announced story begins in July's Moon Knight #25, which also introduces the Marvel Comics version of the MCU character Layla El-Faouly, who will become Scarlet Scarab in the subsequent Moon Knight: City of the Dead limited series by writer David Pepose and Marcelo Ferreira.
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• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's wimpiest boss has killed 489 players and I need to know how

  01-06-2023 22:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  EA and Respawn have released a breakdown of notable stats about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor players, including the fact that nearly 500 people have died to Rick the Door Technician.The encounter with Rick the Door Technician is very much intended as a joke, and it's a gag that players quickly fell in love with. He appears deep in the Jedi: Survivor story, after you've likely already spent a dozen or more hours upgrading Cal and mastering the controls. He shows up just after a massive arena battle w
  
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• Persona dev's other amazing dungeon-crawler JRPG series finally comes to PC and Switch

  01-06-2023 22:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Etrian Odyssey, a great series of Atlus-brand dungeon-crawler JRPGs which often takes a backseat to bigwigs like Persona and Shin Megami Tensei, has finally made the leap to PC and Switch.The Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection is now available on Steam and the Switch eShop for a fairly eye-watering $80. That's technically a good deal given that the three games included cost $40 each, but it's not like those prices were set by mother nature. That being said, these are HD remakes of the original th
  
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• Another Disney movie is getting the horror treatment

  01-06-2023 21:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  A horror retelling of Sleeping Beauty is reportedly in the works.As reported by Bloody Disgusting, Sleeping Beauty's Massacre is in the works at London-based production company ChampDog Films, with filming set to begin in the UK in August. The news follows closely on the heels of similarly spooky reimaginings for other Disney-associated classics including Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Winnie the Pooh. Louisa Warren, who's also directing Cinderella's Curse, is reportedly producing and helming t
  
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• Russian hackers have been attacking the Ukrainian Stalker 2 dev "for almost a year and a half" and now they've leaked a test build

  01-06-2023 20:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl developer GSC Game World says it's suffered attacks from Russian hackers for "almost a year and a half," and those attacks have now led to the leak of a test build of the hotly anticipated survival game."Our team has identified a vulnerability exploited by a group of Russian hackers attacking the company for almost a year and a half," the Ukrainian studio said in a statement. "Unfortunately, they were able to access and comprise some of our leaked information intend
  
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• Dwayne Johnson to return as Hobbs in new Fast and Furious spin-off movie

  01-06-2023 20:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dwayne Johnson is returning to the Fast and Furious franchise.Universal Pictures announced that the untitled standalone film, written by franchise writer Chris Morgan, will bridge the gap between Fast X and Fast X: Part II – the latter of which is slated for a 2025 release (H/T Variety).Louis Leterrier directed Fast X, taking over for Justin Lin, which opened to $320 worldwide in its first weekend. Leterrier will also direct Fast X: Part II and the rumored Fast X: Part III.The 10th install
  
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• Rob Liefeld is assembling a rogues' gallery for Deadpool

  01-06-2023 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Deadpool's first ever original graphic novel, Bad Blood, was published back in 2017, but found a new lease of life last year when Marvel re-released it as a miniseries. That story introduced us to Thumper - Wade Wilson's former best friend, Miles Ellison, now a bitter and deadly rival. Their feud continues in Deadpool: Badder Blood, an all-new sequel series which debuts its first issue on June 7.Written and drawn by Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld, the five-issue miniseries sees the Merc with a
  
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• News site using CS:GO to bypass Russian media restrictions says its map is being blocked in Russia

  01-06-2023 19:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this year, Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat created a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map intended to provide Russian players "independent journalism" on the war in Ukraine. Now, the outlet says the map has been blocked in Russia.A new article from Helsingin Sanomat says that the map, called de_voyna, is no longer available for download from IP addresses located in Russia. Anecdotally, players testing availability in Russia through VPNs have found the map inaccessible, too.According
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 lets you switch between Miles Morales and Peter Parker with a single button in the open world

  01-06-2023 19:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will let you seamlessly switch between playing as Miles Morales and Peter Parker - so long as you're in the open-world sections and not in story sequences.During last week's Spider-Man 2 gameplay trailer, we got to see both Miles Morales and Peter Parker in action, but it wasn't made clear exactly how switching between the two heroes works in the upcoming sequel. Speaking to Eurogamer, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 creative director Bryan Intihar clarified."We have content designed
  
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• The Bold And The Beautiful star Pierson Fodé now a frontrunner for Superman: Legacy

  01-06-2023 19:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Bold and the Beautiful star Pierson Fodé is reportedly in the running for DC's new Superman.Per Variety, Fodé sent in a self-tape which "included a montage of footage showing his very Clark Kent-like childhood on a farm in the small town of Moses Lake, Wash" and James Gunn "liked what he saw."The report says that no official casting decisions have been made."The next Superman has to be someone who has all the humanity that Superman has but he’s also an alien," Gunn previo
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 map is about twice the size of the original

  01-06-2023 18:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The open-world map of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is approximately twice the size of the original game's.That's according to creative director Bryan Intihar, who discussed the game's scope in a recent interview with Famitsu (translated by Gematsu).  "We’ve added Queens and Brooklyn this time, so roughly speaking the map size is about two times larger than the previous titles," Intihar said, confirming that Brooklyn is explorable as well as the previously announced Queens. "Since these
  
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• This TikTok account dedicated to replaying Nintendo DS-era life sims is helping me relive my childhood

  01-06-2023 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  A TikTok account dedicated to revisiting some of my favorite childhood games has got me feeling like it's 2004 again. TikTok user RetroNintendoGirl has been providing fellow Nintendo DS girlies a hit of nostalgia by posting videos of the games we all grew up playing. Everything from Nintendogs, Cooking Mama, New Super Mario Bros, Animal Crossing: Wild World, and more have made their way onto the account which now boasts 11.8K followers. There isn't much to understand about this account
  
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• M.O.D.O.K. no more… Thor the All-Father comes face-to-enormous-face with the cosmically upgraded MYTHOS

  01-06-2023 17:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  While it's fair to say that opinions were divided on the recent Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, there's little doubt that the arrival of M.O.D.O.K. into the MCU was a big talking point. Love him, loathe him, or just find the concept of a big floating headwho is also a deadly war machine funny, he remains one of the strangest villains to have ever emerged from comics. Although the character had a tweaked backstory and was mostly played for laughs in the film, in the comics at least, M.O.D
  
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• Jason Sudeikis on Ted Lasso’s future – and why it might not include television

  01-06-2023 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ted Lasso actor Jason Sudeikis says there are opportunities for spin-offs of the Apple Plus TV show – just not in the way you'd expect."Whether it's [a book], whether it's doing podcasts about the episodes to offer those audio commentaries ... Just to talk through things and the themes. And also it would explain the show in a much more cerebral way than I ever would have been able to explain it to anybody. Yeah, there's opportunities, I think, for spinoffs," Sudeikis said on the Fly o
  
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• The Shining fan notices new creepy detail in Jack Nicholson's performance

  01-06-2023 17:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Shining may have been released over 40 years ago, but viewers are still noticing new details in Stanley Kubrick's terrifying classic. One such viewer is writer and Kubrick scholar Filippo Ulivieri, who pointed out (in a 50-part Twitter thread) that lead actor Jack Nicholson, who plays the Overlook Hotel's caretaker Jack Torrance, breaks the fourth wall – not once, not twice, but several times in the movie, but it happens so fast that it's a blink-or-you'll-miss-it situation. Ulivi
  
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• Meta Quest 3 launches later this year, costs $500

  01-06-2023 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Meta Quest 3 has just been announced for launch later this year, and Meta says this will be its "most powerful headset yet."The 128GB Quest 3 will ship "in all countries where Meta Quest is currently supported this fall," and will launch for $499.99 USD. The early marketing info is light on concrete details, but in a press release, Mark Zuckerberg has some notable hyperbole: "The first mainstream headset with high-res color mixed reality. 40% thinner and more comfortable. Better displays and res
  
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• Kim Cattrall is set to make a surprise cameo in Sex and the City spin-off despite... everything

  01-06-2023 17:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kim Cattrall is set to make a shock appearance in the second season of Sex and the City spin-off And Just Like That. According to Variety, the actor, who played Samantha Jones throughout the original show's six seasons and its two follow-up movies, filmed her cameo without seeing or speaking to Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis, or showrunner Michael Patrick King.Cattrall is said to have shot her one scene, which will see her chat to Parker's Carrie Bradshaw on the phone, on
  
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• Redfall developers reportedly hoped Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax would kill the project

  01-06-2023 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developers working on Redfall hoped Microsoft's acquisition of parent company ZeniMax Media would mean the end of the game – or, at least, it turning into something more recognisable to a studio famed for immersive sims.That comes from Bloomberg, which reports that Redfall's development was fraught with numerous issues, from a lack of staffing to unclear creative direction. It got to the point where some staff reportedly hoped that Microsoft's deal to purchase ZeniMax Media would either ki
  
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• Harrison Ford hilariously reveals who would win in a fight between Han Solo and Indiana Jones

  01-06-2023 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Harrison Ford knows who would win in a fight between Han Solo and Indiana Jones – and it's not who you might think."Well, they usually ask me, 'If there was a fight between Han Solo and Indiana Jones, who would fuckin’ win?'" Ford told Esquire, when asked what questions Star Wars super fans ask him the most. "And I say [voice rising, fingers drumming], 'Me, asshole! I don’t want to fucking make shit up like that. I mean, what are you asking me that crap for?’"Ford fi
  
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• Move over, Peter Parker: why live-action Spider-Man should go all in on Miles Morales

  01-06-2023 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  It’s Miles Morales’ multiverse – and we’re just living in it. The increasingly popular Spider-Man, first introduced as part of Marvel’s Ultimate comics universe in the early 2010s, has Across the Spider-Verse on the way – and a starring role in Insomniac’s Spider-Man PS5 sequel later this year. If you believe Sony producer Amy Pascal, a live-action Miles Morales movie could be next.Out of the three, it’s the live-action project which sets my Spidey
  
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• Harrison Ford told stunt guys to f*** off on Indiana Jones 5 because he wanted character to look his age

  01-06-2023 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Harrison Ford wanted Indiana Jones to look his age in The Dial of Destiny. The actor, who is now 80, is playing a 70-year-old version of Indy in the upcoming movie.In a new interview with Esquire, Ford shared a particular scene in which he fought to show this. Early on in the movie, Indy is riding a horse on a subway platform in New York City. When he finished the scene, he recalled feeling hands on his legs. "I thought, 'What the fuck?' Like I was being attacked by gropers," he told the ma
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 actor addresses concerns the PlayStation Showcase showed too much: "You’ve seen nothing yet"

  01-06-2023 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The voice actor behind Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has responded to worries among fans that too much was revealed at a recent PlayStation Showcase, promising that "you’ve seen nothing yet."Speaking to IGN at a red carpet event for Across the Spider-Verse, Yuri Lowenthal has taken some time out to chat about the webhead’s next video game outing, focusing on the reception to gameplay and cinematic reveals at PlayStation Showcase."You saw the gameplay drop. Some of you s
  
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• Hideo Kojima has done the voice casting for Death Stranding 2 himself

  01-06-2023 13:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima has revealed that he did the casting for Death Stranding 2 himself, choosing to work with actors that he can "fight together" with. As revealed by Kojima on Twitter, the head of Kojima Productions didn't use any casting agencies when finding the actors to work on Death Stranding 2 - instead choosing to take on the role himself. "Since I will be spending [a] very long period of time working with actors and voice actors, I don't let agencies/agents do casting," Kojima writes.&nbs
  
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• Metroid Prime Remastered hits lowest price yet on Nintendo Switch

  01-06-2023 12:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lots of games have been hitting new record low prices as of late, with Metroid Prime Remastered now wanting to get in on the action. The beloved action adventure that follows bounty hunter Samus Aran as she investigates biological experiments on the planet Tallon IV, while taking on the dreaded Space Pirates, is now cheaper than ever at Amazon UK.Head over to the retailer to find that Metroid Prime Remastered has been cut in cost to £24.99. This is a 29% discount and a saving of £10
  
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• Terrifier 3 will be bigger and scarier than ever when it releases next year

  01-06-2023 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Terrifier 3 is heading to the big screen to, well erm, terrify audiences once again. After the success of its sequel, Art the Clown will be back in 2024 in the horror threequel, according to Deadline.This time around, the franchise has got its biggest boost yet with a seven-figure budget, which is significantly more than it had previously. A lot of this is down to the huge viral success that the horror garnered with Terrifier 2, which made $15 million at the global box office from a budget of ju
  
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• John Carpenter teases that The Thing 2 could happen – but it’s a bad idea

  01-06-2023 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Director John Carpenter has teased a sequel to 1982 classic The Thing at a recent convention Q&A."I have been sworn to secrecy, okay, because there may be, I don’t know if there will be, there may be a Thing 2," Carpenter said during the recent Texas Frightmare Weekend (via Creepy Catalog).We can hear the groans from here. While another movie based in The Thing universe isn’t inherently bad (we got a divisive prequel in 2011 after all), a direct sequel could undo one of cinema's
  
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• Zelda Tears of the Kingdom players are building farming tools to live a simpler life

  01-06-2023 12:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players are revolutionizing Hyrule's farming industry by creating a range of useful tools.It's already very clear that there's no limit to players' creativity when it comes to Tears of the Kingdom. We've already seen several innovative inventions, including a controllable mech, a Star Wars Podracer, and far too many Korok torture devices. Now, a few weeks after the game's release, it seems players are searching for a simpler life and are designing machin
  
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• Spider-Man 4 with Tom Holland is definitely still happening, just delayed

  01-06-2023 11:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man 4 is definitely still in the works, according to producer Amy Pascal. The movie franchise, which stars Tom Holland and Zendaya, has been delayed by the ongoing writers’ strike. "Are we going to make another movie? Of course, we are," Pascal told Variety on the red carpet for Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. "We’re in the process, but with the writers' strike, nobody is working during the strike. We’re all being supporters and whenever they get themselves tog
  
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• Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka reportedly sentenced to over two years in prison for Square Enix insider trading

  01-06-2023 11:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka has been sentenced to over two years in prison following allegations of insider trading during his time at Final Fantasy developer Square Enix.That comes from the Japanese publication Denfanminicogamer, which reports that the Tokyo District Court has delivered the sentence today, alongside fining Naka ¥2.5 million and ¥170 million, respectively. At the time of writing, Naka’s defence team seeks to reduce those fines.Allegations of Naka’s insider tra
  
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• Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka reportedly facing over two years in prison for Square Enix insider trading

  01-06-2023 11:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka is facing over two years in prison following allegations of insider trading during his time at Final Fantasy developer Square Enix.That comes from the Japanese publication Denfanminicogamer, which reports that the Tokyo District Court has called for the sentence today, alongside fining Naka ¥2.5 million and ¥170 million, respectively. At the time of writing, Naka’s defence team seeks to reduce those fines and a suspended sentence, though we'll need t
  
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• Diablo 4 is a "re-emergence of the franchise," says series boss

  01-06-2023 02:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson says Diablo 4 will mark "a re-emergence of the franchise" when it launches into early access later this week.In an interview with GamesRadar+, Fergusson explained in detail exactly what Diablo 4 represents in Blizzard's eyes as it continues supporting the mobile Diablo Immortal and gears up to sunset the now 11-year-old Diablo 3. "Diablo 3 is on season 28 right now," Fergusson said. "And that's been the game for the last 11 years that's been keeping ever
  
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