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• Lies of P dev details "P-Organ" upgrades and honestly what more is there to say

  13-06-2023 23:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lies of P is a very cool-looking Soulslike despite its very silly name, but now that the developers are talking about the "P-Organ" upgrade system even the most serious-minded members of the GamesRadar+ editorial team are having a hard time holding it together.You see, folks, 'P' is the first letter of 'penis,' the male genital organ present in most vertebrate species, including humans. Thus, when we start talking about the 'P-Organ,' it's tough not to just revert into a middle-school mentality,
  
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• Silver Surfer and Genis-Vell team up for Silver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy

  13-06-2023 22:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ron Marz and Ron Lim recently returned to the character that launched their careers in the story Silver Surfer: Rebirth - and now the pair are continuing on with the adventures of Norrin Radd in a story that pairs him up with Genis-Vell AKA Legacy, the son of Mar-Vell.Aptly titled Silver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy, the five issue flashback limited series will pair Silver Surfer and Genis-Vell on a quest across time and space."From the not-so-distant past to the very end of eternity, the duo’s
  
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• Women Talking director Sarah Polley to helm live-action Bambi for Disney

  13-06-2023 22:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sarah Polley is set to direct a live-action adaptation of Disney's Bambi.According to Deadline, the musical feature will include original music from country star Kacey Musgraves. Polley will direct from a screenplay penned by Micah Fitzerman-Blue (Maleficent) and Noah Harpster (Transparent).Bambi, the (rather depressing) story of a white-tailed deer and his forest pals, was released back in 1942 and received three Academy Award nominations. The film, directed by David Hand an
  
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• Fans of gorgeous JRPGs rejoice: Sea of Stars is a day one Game Pass drop

  13-06-2023 22:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sea of Stars, a gorgeous JRPG inspired by the best SNES games like Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG, is arriving on Game Pass on launch day.In case you missed all of the other stories we've written about Sea of Stars (for shame), it's a turn-based JRPG with a unique timed attack combat system; an "unshackled" traversal system that lets you swim, climb, vault, jump off, and scale ledges; and plenty of relaxing side activities like sailing, cooking, fishing, and listening to music in a chill tav
  
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• Xbox really wants you to know Clockwork Revolution is led by the devs behind one of the best CRPGs ever

  13-06-2023 22:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  inXile's Clockwork Revolution made quite an impression at the Xbox Games Showcase, and not just for its uncanny resemblance to BioShock Infinite. Microsoft is really, really keen for you to know that this game is being led by the developers behind Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.Hearing the name Arcanum in 2023 is going to be extremely exciting to an extremely small percentage of people reading this article, but honestly, that's what's so neat about how hard Xbox is observing the conne
  
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• "X-Men meets Attack on Titan" in West African mythology inspired OGN The Asiri

  13-06-2023 22:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nigerian comics collective YouNeek Studios are returning to Dark Horse Comics for a new original graphic novel titled The Asiri Vol. 1, a fantasy/sci-fi superhero story that the publisher is billing as "X-Men meets Attack on Titan." Written by YouNeek Studios founder Roye Okupe, the 128-page OGN features interior art by Samuel Iwunze, colors by Toyin Ajetunmobi, and letters by Spoof Animation, all wrapped in a cover by Sunkanmi Akinboye and Etubi Onucheyo.The story is steeped heavily in Wes
  
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• Hellblade 2's mocap glow-up is seriously impressive

  13-06-2023 21:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 has impressed me visually from the moment it was revealed back in 2019, right up to its most recent tech demo from GDC 2023. In particular, I'm consistently blown away by how lifelike the performances are, all but stripped of that distinctive videogame-ness that so often characterizes even the main protagonists from the biggest budget franchises. For the extended Xbox Games Showcase 2023, Hellblade 2 developer Ninja Theory has allowed us a peak behind the curtain a
  
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• Obsidian's Avowed is closer to KOTOR 2 than Fallout: New Vegas

  13-06-2023 20:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Obsidian's long-awaited RPG Avowed re-debuted at the Xbox Games Showcase in an impressive trailer, and the devs are now slowly revealing a few more details about the game - including the fact that it'll be comparable in scope to the studio's excellent Star Wars RPG, Knights of the Old Republic 2."It's going to be roughly comparable to something like Knights of the Old Republic 2 or The Outer Worlds," game director Carrie Patel said during the Xbox Games Showcase Extended stream. "It is set up as
  
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• High on Life DLC trailer turns last year's funniest FPS into a horror game

  13-06-2023 19:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  High on Life has revealed the first trailer for its horror-themed expansion titled High on Knife.During today's Xbox Games Showcase Extended, Squanch Games gave us a sneak peak into High on Knife's gameplay, and it looks a little like an unofficial Dead Space crossover, with the player character seemingly being stalked by several different and equally terrifying monsters on a claustrophobic, dimly lit alien spacecraft. In a press release, Squanch Games studio director Mike Fridley says High
  
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• Assassin's Creed Mirage, Nexus VR, And Jade Preview

  13-06-2023 19:48
  
  Platform:PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PC Publisher:Ubisoft Developer:Ubisoft Montreal Release: October 12, 2023After six years of massive open-world RPGs, Ubisoft’s long-running Assassin’s Creed franchise is returning to its stealth-based, dense city roots with Assassin’s Creed Mirage and the more I see of it, the more excited I get for October. I’ve enjoyed the series’ foray into RPGs over the years, but 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhal
  
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• Square Enix confirms Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth isn't launching on PS4

  13-06-2023 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Update: Square Enix has confirmed what we suspected: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth isn't launching on PS4.For some context, there was some confusion last week when folks on social media noticed the PS4 logo on the official website for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which Square Enix had previously said would be new-gen exclusive. Even at the time, we were fairly confident the logo had simply been added to the webpage in error, but now we have confirmation straight from Square Enix.In an email to GamesRadar+
  
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• This year's Wholesome Direct gave me so many more games to add to my wishlist

  13-06-2023 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  We were treated to another Wholesome Direct this past weekend and now my wishlist is twice as long as it was last week.On June 10, cozy gaming fans were spoiled with another Wholesome Direct showcase which gave us so many exciting games to look forward to. The presentation lasted a whole hour and featured a tonne of upcoming indies such as Mineko's Night Market, Venba, Unpacking, Button City, and many more.There were a few games that stood out to me more than the others though. One of the first
  
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• Nearly 2% of all Diablo 4 player deaths are to a single boss

  13-06-2023 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nearly 2% of all player deaths in Diablo 4 have been caused by a single boss. It's already been over a week since Diablo 4 launched, and to celebrate, Blizzard has given us an insight into what players have been up to in Sanctuary over the first seven days, which includes being slain by the Butcher - the series' iconic and extremely tough boss - a heck of a lot of times. The Diablo 4 week one launch stats show that players met their end a combined 316,991,632 times. 5,792,063
  
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• New Avatar delays mean the series won't end until 2031, 22 years after the first movie

  13-06-2023 18:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar 3 has been delayed to 2025, which means we'll be taking our final trip to Pandora in 2031.Because of Disney's decision to add a new Star Wars and Moana live-action adaption to the release calendar, Avatar and its subsequent sequels have been thrown out of whack. Avatar 3, initially slated for a December 20, 2024 release, has been moved to December 19, 2025. Avatar 4 has shifted from December 18, 2026 to December 21, 2029; and Avatar 5 is now arriving on December 19, 2031. This means
  
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• A mystery Star Wars movie has just set a release date – and another has been delayed

  13-06-2023 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disney has set a release date for a mystery Star Wars movie – and delayed another. A new report from Variety has detailed a bumper slate of delays and reshuffles, with two big screen entries from the galaxy far, far away now set for 2026. Per the publication, a new Star Wars film has set a release date for December 18, 2026, while another has been delayed from December 19, 2025 to May 22, 2026. Another Star Wars movie was already set for December 17, 2027 and that hasn't changed. 
  
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• Marvel delays: Captain America, Avengers, and more get new release dates

  13-06-2023 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a shock move, Marvel has delayed the vast majority of its Phase 5 and Phase 6 movies.As per Variety, Captain America: Brave New World is now dated July 26, 2024; Thunderbolts moves to December 20, 2024; Blade stalks into cinemas on February 14, 2025; Fantastic Four stretches to May 2, 2025.Avengers: The Kang Dynasty has a year-long delay, shifting back to May 1, 2026. The Secret Wars follow-up is now May 7, 2027. According to the outlet, "production delays" are "part" of the reason why everyt
  
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• Badass Clone Wars character revealed for Star Wars Villainous board game expansion

  13-06-2023 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  The characters joining Boba Fett in the upcoming Star Wars Villainous board game expansion have been revealed, and one of them is a popular Clone Wars mainstay.Now that Star Wars Villainous: Scum and Villainy is up for pre-order (you can get a special edition for $29.99 at Target ahead of the July 30 release date), its full roster has been revealed - the bounty hunter Cad Bane and Inquisitor Seventh Sister are along for the ride as playable characters. You can use them and this expansion as a st
  
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• Star Wars: Outlaws fans think the trailer is hiding a classic hero in plain sight

  13-06-2023 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fans are growing increasingly convinced that Star Wars: Outlaws is bringing back arguably the franchise's most iconic gaming protagonist: Kyle Katarn.In the cinematic reveal trailer for Outlaws, the game's protagonist Kay Vess is approached by a man named Jaylen, who says "Give me a chance. You're going to have to trust me. It'll be dangerous. Risky. But if you pull this off, you'll never look over your shoulder again." Intercut with shots of Kay entering a massive vault, it seems clear that Jay
  
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• Netflix's They Cloned Tyrone trailer sees John Boyega and Jamie Foxx uncover a creepy conspiracy

  13-06-2023 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has released the first trailer for They Cloned Tyrone – and it looks like a good, creepy time.In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, Fontaine (John Boyega), Yo-Yo (Teyonah Parris), and Slick Charles (Jamie Foxx) band together to uncover some creepy happenings in their neighborhood – and stumble upon a cloning operation... with Fontaine being one of the clones. The film has '70s pulp Blaxploitation vibes, with Rockwell's 'Somebody's Watching Me' playing throughout the t
  
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• Devil Land's sinister creator finally steps out of the shadows in Dark Ride #7

  13-06-2023 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Joshua Williamson is currently scaring up a storm over at DC as the lead writer on the upcoming Knight Terrors crossover, but his well-known love of horror goes far beyond superheroes. Dark Ride, Williamson's ongoing series with artist Andrei Bressan, is about to publish its seventh issue - and things are looking supremely sinister at the world's scariest amusement park...The series revolves around Devil Land, a horror-themed amusement park founded by the mysterious Arthur Dante. Dante hasn't be
  
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• The Starfield controller unlocks a new Xbox Series X dynamic background

  13-06-2023 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The recently-revealed Starfield controller will unlock a new dynamic background for Xbox Series X, but it's not quite as good as the Diablo 4 one. During the Starfield Direct over the past weekend, Bethesda finally (officially) unveiled the Starfield controller for Xbox Series X/S after it leaked a few weeks earlier. However, as several owners of this new gaming accessory are about to discover, the controller does more than just give you a means to play all your favorite games. As poin
  
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• Resident Evil 4 remake players in mourning after no Separate Ways announcement

  13-06-2023 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom's latest showcase failed to give Resident Evil 4 remake fans their long-awaited DLC, and they aren't coping well.Yesterday on June 12, the Capcom Showcase premiered, announcing new info on the likes of Dragon's Dogma 2, Pragmata, and other games. Curiously absent from the showcase, though, was the announcement of the Separate Ways DLC for Resident Evil 4 remake.Separate Ways was never actually confirmed to be coming to Capcom's stellar remake, but you didn't think that would stop Resident
  
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• These Razer Blade deals slash the gaming laptop's price by up to $1,000

  13-06-2023 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  A major Razer sale is underway now with savings of up to $1,000 available across its wide range of gaming laptops. Deals are popping up throughout the week but we've highlighted a few worth checking out. The biggest discounts have been applied across the Razer Blade 15 and Razer Blade 14 range of gaming laptops. For instance, a Razer Blade 15 with an RTX 3070 Ti is now down from $2,999.99 to $1,999.99 at the storefront. That 33% reduction also gives you a 12th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, 1
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's new location is inspired by South American drug lords

  13-06-2023 15:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's new location of Dogtown was designed around "South American drug lords."CD Projekt just unveiled the latest trailer for Phantom Liberty, showing off Idris Elba as a secretive US government agent, trying to help protagonist V save the President of the New United States from a tyrant named Kurt Hansen. No big deal. Now, in the video below, Phantom Liberty narrative director Igor Sarzyński has revealed more details about the design philosophy behind the DLC's
  
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• Overwatch 2's PvE is paywalled, and players aren't happy about it

  13-06-2023 15:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Overwatch 2's PvE content is stuck behind a paywall, and players aren't happy about it. Last month Blizzard revealed that Overwatch 2 wasn't getting Hero Mode, the expansive PvE element that was meant to set the shooter apart from the original Overwatch. Instead, it's getting story-based PvE missions; the first of these will be included in the upcoming Overwatch 2: Invasion update, but it turns out you'll have to pay to play them.According to Blizzard's website, Overwatch 2: Invasion will c
  
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• Lord of the Rings owners are canning other games to make Middle-earth "into one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world"

  13-06-2023 15:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The owner of the rights to The Lord of the Rings says it plans to "exploit" the franchise in an attempt to turn it into a major force in gaming.Speaking during an investor call, Embracer Group board member Matthew Karch said that "we own Lord of the Rings, and we know we need to be exploiting Lord of the Rings in a very different fashion and turning that into one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world."The world "exploit" there is bad enough, but Karch's comments come off the back of a si
  
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• Jury Duty creator gives disappointing update on season 2

  13-06-2023 15:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  All rise! For an update on the future of Jury Duty – but don't get your hopes up. The sitcom, which premiered in April 2022, has been a breakout hit for Freevee, Amazon's free, ad-supported streaming service, so talk of a second season seems inevitable. However, co-creator Gene Stupnitsky doesn't think another installment is likely. "Let's say that I think we have to put that to bed," Stupnitsky tells us while discussing his new movie No Hard Feelings. "We kind of caught lightning in
  
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• BioWare announces dead Shepard statue for Mass Effect fans and instantly regrets it

  13-06-2023 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mass Effect developer BioWare recently revealed a new Commander Shepard figure but has since pulled it from its store due to it being one of the weirdest things we've ever seen. As reported by Kotaku, Mass Effect developer BioWare recently began alerting people to its soon-to-be-released Commander Shepard figure. What makes this statue slightly unhinged is the fact that the scene depicted in the collectible is from the very start of Mass Effect 2 - yeah, the moment when Shepard's lifeless b
  
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• Xbox is looking into the "future of Halo," whatever that might be

  13-06-2023 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox is actively discussing and looking at the future of the Halo series at large.Earlier this week as part of not-E3 2023 season, Xbox boss Phil Spencer and Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty appeared on a Giant Bomb livestream to discuss all things Xbox. At around the two hours and 36 minutes mark in the broadcast below, Booty is asked about how far ahead Xbox is thinking, to which he says they're discussing the future of Halo."How many years ahead are you thinking?" host Lucy James asked of Bo
  
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• Starfield's 30fps cap is best explained by a big pile of sandwiches

  13-06-2023 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield's 30fps cap is best explained by a big pile of sandwiches.During the recent Starfield Direct, producer Jamie Mallory revealed that when playing Starfield, she likes to "go the more piracy routes", which includes stealing everyone's sandwiches and hoarding them. "I steal all the sandwiches and put them in my cargo hold that I have specifically for sandwiches," she says, and sure enough, on the screen we saw a huge stack of sandwiches. Mallory's thieving antics are not only hilarious but
  
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• Silksong was meant to be playable by now, and Hollow Knight fans aren't taking that well

  13-06-2023 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  An Xbox tweet about Hollow Knight Silksong from last year has not aged well in the slightest, and fans aren't having a good time because of it.You might recall that last year in June 2022, around the typical E3 season, an Xbox showcase debuted new Hollow Knight Silksong footage, much to the joy of fans. Xbox then proclaimed every game in the showcase, including Silksong, would be playable within the next 12 months, which was then only backed up by the official Xbox Twitter account hours later in
  
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• Extraction 2 director on Idris Elba joining the sequel – and expanding the universe

  13-06-2023 12:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Extraction 2 director Sam Hargrave has commented on the surprise arrival of Idris Elba in the Netflix sequel and what we can expect from his dynamic with Chris Hemsworth’s Tyler Rake.Long kept under wraps, the streamer revealed earlier this month that Elba would be making a cameo appearance alongside a back-from-the-dead Rake. According to Netflix, Elba is set to play the Man in the Suit, a "mysterious figure" who offers Hemsworth’s rough-and-ready mercenary an "irresistible –
  
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• Every QA tester at Microsoft is working on Starfield, according to Phil Spencer

  13-06-2023 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox boss Phil Spencer says that "every QA person in our entire company is playing Starfield right now," meaning the Bethesda title is being put through its paces ahead of release. During Summer Games Fest 2023, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer and head of Xbox Games Studio Matt Booty sat down to chat with Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb and co to talk about the company's upcoming games. During this chat, the topic of Starfield came up - which makes sense considering we had the Starfield Direct over the
  
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• A new Spider-Verse short film sees Miles Morales do horror

  13-06-2023 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Spider-Verse short has premiered at Annecy International Film Festival and Market – which sees Miles Morales in a horror-themed tale as he battles his own subconscious.The short, titled The Spider Within, follows Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) as he grapples with the pressure of being Spider-Man (via The Wrap). This results in a bout of sleep paralysis and a panic attack for Miles in the guise of a trippy ride through his unconscious in the bold animation style we've come to expect fr
  
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• Xbox exec says games are taking longer to make, and we need to get used to that

  13-06-2023 12:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox Game Studios' head says we need to get used to games taking longer to make.Last week at the blockbuster Xbox Games Showcase, Xbox debuted new trailers for the likes of Fable 4 and Avowed, projects that have been in development for multiple years, and going years without showing anything new to eager fans. Now, a key Xbox executive says fans need to get used to games taking longer to make."I think that the industry and the fans were a little behind the curve on sort of a reset to understand
  
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• New Tomb Raider game is unaffected as Embracer lays off staff and cancels games

  13-06-2023 11:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Publisher Embracer Group has announced a restructuring effort that will see staff laid off and games cancelled, but the new Tomb Raider game is entirely unaffected. Earlier today on June 13, Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors penned an open letter announcing redundancies and project cancellations at Embracer-owned studios. "During the past years, Embracer invested significantly both in acquisitions and into a strategy of accelerated organic growth," Wingefors wrote."We have acquired some of
  
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• Capcom's mysterious sci-fi game has been delayed again, this time indefinitely

  13-06-2023 01:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pragmata, the debut title in Capcom's big new AAA sci-fi IP, has been delayed indefinitely.During today's Capcom Showcase, Pragmata debuted an impressive new trailer, but less impressive is the fact that's now uncertain exactly when it will release. The trailer itself is actually quite a clever disguise for the delay announcement. The whole thing is focused on a young girl apparently named Diana, who's fiddling with a piece of paper as heavily armored fighters fend off a bunch of hostile robots
  
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• Exclusive First Hands-On With Overwatch 2's PvE Story Missions

  13-06-2023 01:00
  
  Platform:PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC Publisher:Blizzard Entertainment Developer:Blizzard Entertainment Release: October 4, 2022 Rating:Teen Blizzard's Overwatch 2 dev team ignited the community last month when it announced that the Hero Missions, part of the PvE content that was announced alongside the game in 2019, were canceled. However, not all of the PvE content was axed. I traveled to Blizzard's headquarters in Irvine, California to be the
  
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• Dragon's Dogma 2 is "four times the size" of the original game

  13-06-2023 00:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dragon's Dogma 2 will be "four times the size" of the original game, Capcom has revealed.The long-awaited sequel got the spotlight during today's Capcom Showcase, during which a few key details were revealed. Chiefly, game director Hideaki Itsuno said it would be "roughly four times the size" of the first game, "with more to experience than ever before."Dragon's Dogma 2 was first revealed during the most recent PlayStation showcase from May. We only got a brief glimpse at the long-awaited follow
  
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