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• Diablo 4 Battle Pass cosmetics will work for every class, so don't worry about missing out

  26-06-2023 23:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Details on the Diablo 4 Battle Pass have been slowly trickling out in advance of the launch of Season 1 in July, and now the developers have confirmed that cosmetics you earn as part of the Battle Pass will be "class agnostic."One fan asked this of Diablo boss Rod Fergusson on Twitter: "any thoughts to a discounted battle pass if you've completed the current one, even just for other class cosmetics? I remember on Immortal, I wanted to get the cosmetics for other classes when I finished but there
  
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• Xbox had Sega, Bungie, and seven other studios on its "final watchlist" for acquisition

  26-06-2023 23:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft had designs on acquiring Sega back in 2020, and eight other studios made the company's "final watchlist" for acquisition, according to documents revealed as part of the hearings over the Xbox Activision deal.The documents, published by The Verge, include a November 2020 email from Xbox boss Phil Spencer to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood. The email takes the form of a request for 'strategy approval,' where Spencer lays out the business case to approach Sega Sammy Holdings
  
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• Christian Bale refused to make a Batman cameo in The Flash

  26-06-2023 22:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christian Bale reportedly refused to cameo as Batman in The Flash.Warning: Spoilers for The Flash ahead!"Warner Bros. asked Christian Bale for months and months hoping he would break down and he was like 'no,'" Kevin Smith says in a TikTok clip. "So [Warner Bros.] was like, 'let's pivot, let's get another Batman,' and they just grabbed George Clooney."The movie predominantly features Michael Keaton's Batman (which we still think is so very awesome), Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne, and includes a came
  
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• Ryan Gosling sings an '80s power ballad in Barbie

  26-06-2023 21:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Barbie soundtrack includes popular artists like Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, Charlie XCX, Dua Lipa... and Ryan Gosling?According to Rolling Stone, Gosling's Ken sings a "big Eighties-style power ballad" reportedly titled "I'm Just Ken." The track is produced by Bruno Mars and Amy Winehouse collaborator Mark Ronson."Ken’s got no money, he’s got no job, he’s got no car, he’s got no house. He’s going through some stuff," the actor previously told Entertainment Weekly.Go
  
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• Margot Robbie begged Greta Gerwig to include Aqua's 'Barbie Girl' on Barbie soundtrack

  26-06-2023 21:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Margot Robbie begged Greta Gerwig to find a place for Aqua's 1997 pop hit "Barbie Girl," which was actually Gerwig's plan all along."I was like, 'Greta, how are we going to incorporate this song? We can’t do a Barbie movie and not have a nod to Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl.’ It has to be in there.' And [Greta] was like, 'Don’t worry, we’re going to find a cool way to incorporate it,'" Robbie told Rolling Stone.Fans were bummed last year when Aqua told the press that th
  
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• Spider-Man's secret sidekick Spider-Boy is getting his own spin-off title

  26-06-2023 21:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man's long lost sidekick Spider-Boy is getting his own ongoing title from his co-creator writer Dan Slott and artist Paco Medina.Spider-Boy was recently introduced at the conclusion of the first arc of Slott's current Spider-Man title with artist Mark Bagley, as a forgotten hero who has a whole lost history with Peter Parker. Now, Marvel is giving Bailey Briggs (Spider-Boy's real name) his own spin-off ongoing title which will focus on his personal arch-enemy, Madame Monstrosity, and
  
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• Fans fear Ark: Survival Ascended delay after the devs tease a roadmap update

  26-06-2023 20:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ark: Survival Ascended, the remaster of the original Survival Evolved, will soon get a roadmap update, and fans are fearful that a delay is incoming.In the latest entry of developer Studio Wildcard's regular community updates, posted on Friday June 23, the devs simply said that "We have an update coming to the ASA roadmap next week, so stay tuned!" While there was also a tease of Ark 2's fishing mechanics with a bit of concept art, the mystery of the Survival Ascended roadmap update has fans fea
  
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• Perfect Dark reportedly "years" from launch after a development reboot in 2022

  26-06-2023 19:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new report suggests that Xbox's long-awaited Perfect Dark revival is still at least two to three years away from launch following a series of development struggles that included a reboot on the game's production in 2022.The IGN report, citing 13 sources familiar with Perfect Dark's development, says that "little meaningful progress has been made" on the project since the CG trailer that announced it in 2020. There's no real smoking gun on what's been going wrong - there have apparently been a
  
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• Final Fantasy 16 fans celebrate the series' clearest inclusion of a queer couple yet

  26-06-2023 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 16 has the clearest inclusion yet of a queer couple in the series, and fans are all for it.Before we crack on, take this as your spoiler warning if you don’t want certain story points spoiled. Still here? Lush. Final Fantasy 16 fans are discovering that a main character called Dion Lesage – dominant of Bahamut, and the crown prince of the Holy Empire of Sanbreque – is romantically involved with another character called Sir Terence, who is the second in comman
  
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• This new FPS has instantly earned a reputation as "the spiritual successor to F.E.A.R. we've always wanted," and it deserves it

  26-06-2023 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been 18 years since F.E.A.R. blew us away with its slick shooting action, time manipulation mechanics, and extremely clever enemies. It really was a blast, and there's been little else quite like it since. That is until now, and the launch of Trepang2, a brilliant-looking new hardcore, frenetic shooter that's heavy on the gore. In many ways, it's more like F.E.A.R. than its actual sequels. And in case you were wondering, that's 2, as in 'Trepang squared,' not as the name might suggest,
  
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• A hit anime directly inspired John Wick's shock finale

  26-06-2023 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: spoilers for John Wick: Chapter 4 ahead!Cowboy Bebop inspired John Wick: Chapter 4's shocking death scene, says director Chad Stahelski."I have this favorite anime Cowboy Bebop, where Spike Spiegel dies on the stairs, and Hajime Yatate is a huge influence for me, the director of Cowboy Bebop and the creator. So, that all kind of came together when I saw the location," Stahelski told Comic Book Movie.Cowboy Bebop, directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, is a neo-noir space Western set in t
  
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• Tears of the Kingdom player creates a working scale to find out exactly how much Link weighs

  26-06-2023 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has created a working scale and the first thing they've decided to weigh is Link himself. As shared over on the Hyrule Engineering subreddit, which is dedicated to everyone's inventive creations from Tears of the Kingdom, one user shared their working scale. Using a variety of materials in the game, this player actually has created an operational scale with two platforms and a wheel in the center which tips either left or right depending on the
  
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• Skybound reveals the full line-up of Autobots featured in Transformers #1

  26-06-2023 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Autobots, roll out! Skybound has announced the full team line up of Cybertronian heroes that will be fighting for the forces of good in their forthcoming Transformers #1. Initially teased over social media, the publisher has now confirmed that the initial line up of Autobots will be led by Optimus Prime, and also include Ratchet, Cliffjumper, Arcee, and Wheeljack. All five of the Autobot characters are G1 (Generation 1) Transformers, created for the original toy line between 1984 and 1
  
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• This Diablo 4 cheat sheet makes the gear grind a lot easier

  26-06-2023 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Diablo 4 player has composed an item farming guide that seriously simplifies the item grind.Better loot is the name of the game in Diablo 4, so knowing where and how to acquire better gear is paramount. One player has sought to help others on this goal, identifying which enemies drop what type of loot, and in which areas of the massive new game you can find them.
  Quick Chart for Focused Farming from r/diablo4
  For example, if I'm a Rogue I can see that Feral's Den and Whispering Pines are great
  
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• The Elder Scrolls 6 will take longer to come out than the original five games combined

  26-06-2023 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  By the time The Elder Scrolls 6 likely releases, the same amount of time, if not more, will have passed between its launch and Skyrim's as Skyrim and the beginning of the entire Elder Scrolls series.If you're unfamiliar (because hey, it was a long time ago), The Elder Scrolls series all began with Arena back in 1994. That's a hell of a long time – so long ago that Bethesda was known for purely developing sports games at the time, never having even set foot into RPG territory.Fast forward 1
  
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• Turns out Morbius is hiding in plain sight in Marvel's Spider-Man

  26-06-2023 16:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Morbius is technically present in Marvel's Spider-Man, and now fans want to see more of him in the sequel.As highlighted by Twitter user @SpikeDaHedgehog, Morbius has actually been present in Insomniac's Spider-Man universe for quite some time now. If you've played Marvel's Spider-Man, you'll already be familiar with scientist Morgan Michaels who is working on Devil's Breath. It's probably not a coincidence that Dr. Michaels just so happens to have the same name as Dr. Micheal Morbius' alias in
  
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• Calls for Diablo 4 single-player intensify following DDoS attack and lengthy downtime

  26-06-2023 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Calls for an offline single-player option for Diablo 4 are intensifying after a recent DDoS attack led to some lengthy downtime.Players were left unable to play Diablo 4 for several hours over the weekend following a DDoS attack, and as the action-RPG is 'always online', even those wanting to play single-player couldn't do so whilst the servers were down.This has led to a feeling of Déjà vu among players over on the Diablo 4 subreddit who found themselves in the very same boat 11 y
  
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• The Flash earns worst box office drop in DC history

  26-06-2023 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Flash has set a new record for DC – though it's not a great one.The film suffered a 73% drop in its second weekend, making it the worst-ever second-weekend drop for a DC film and the worst second-weekend drop for a comic book movie since Morbius (H/T Variety). The Flash earned $55 million in its opening weekend, then took in just $15.3 million the following week. This is almost as bad as Morbius's 73.8% weekend drop, but definitely brings a new low for DC: Black Adam only had a 59
  
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• How to pick a great laptop for gaming on the go

  26-06-2023 16:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  You'll always be likely to get a little extra power out of a desktop PC, but if you need portability, then a gaming laptop is the way to go. Frustratingly, however, buying a laptop can be a little more complicated - there's a lot to think about, from what's under the hood to how you'll deal with your new machine daily.To help you navigate the complex world of GPUs, resolutions, and battery life stats that can make picking out your next gaming laptop a daunting task, here are some things to make
  
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• Zazie Beetz says her dream superhero role is Catwoman

  26-06-2023 15:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zazie Beetz is no stranger to playing a superhero, but she has a character other than Domino in her sights. While promoting her new episode of Black Mirror, the actor shared that she’d love to play Catwoman one day."I can’t be playing too many superhero types of movies," she admitted when she was quizzed by Inverse about dream roles, before adding that Catwoman is her only pick. "She’s just so iconic, and it’s already been done so many times. I don’t know, she&rsquo
  
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• Logan director James Mangold says he had ideas for a Deadpool and Wolverine team-up

  26-06-2023 15:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Logan director James Mangold has shared ideas he had for a Wolverine and Deadpool team-up, before Deadpool 3 was revealed to be putting the characters together. "I've made a bunch of movies with Hugh Jackman now,” Mangold told Insider. "We're good friends and we talked a lot. And one of the things we talked about a lot, even while we were making Logan, was the idea of how joyful a kind of Midnight Run or 48 Hrs. with Deadpool and Logan would be. So, I completely understand those guys
  
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• Aubrey Plaza says Agatha: Coven of Chaos is "most elevated" Marvel project yet

  26-06-2023 14:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  It may still be a while before WandaVision spin-off Agatha: Coven of Chaos arrives on the small screen, but Aubrey Plaza is already hyping up her MCU debut."Coven of Chaos was so fun. I wanted very much to work with Kathryn Hahn, I think she's so great," she told The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast. "And without saying anything really, I had a blast. I loved my character in that as well, and I think it's the most elevated Marvel material that's out there. So, it was cool to jump into
  
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• Final Fantasy 16 hides a macabre easter egg dedicated to a beloved FF9 character

  26-06-2023 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 16 hides a pretty great/disturbing reference to Final Fantasy 9's most beloved character.That would be the troubled Black Mage Vivi, of course. It turns out that in the early hours of Final Fantasy 16's main story, you can stumble upon a scarecrow in an open field full of corn, which appears to have a striking resemblance to our old friend Vivi from many moons ago.
  Look who I found from r/FFXVI
  Vivi is apparently dead. Like, really really dead. You've honestly got to wonder where F
  
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• Red Notice 2 gets promising update from Gal Gadot

  26-06-2023 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gal Gadot has given an update on Red Notice 2 – and it sounds promising. The first Red Notice movie debuted on Netflix in 2021 and is still the streamer's biggest ever film. "We're all talking about it," Gadot told Collider. "I don't know if I can say anything! I already read the second script and it’s… whoo! We're all very excited about it!"The first film co-stars Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds, and sees Johnson's FBI agent teaming up with art thief Nolan (Reynolds) to
  
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• Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is adapting Enid Blyton's Famous Five – and we’re as confused as you are

  26-06-2023 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  In what may be today’s most bizarre entertainment news, the BBC has announced that Nicolas Winding Refn is adapting Enid Blyton's 'Famous Five'. The director, best known for his work on violent thrillers like Drive, The Neon Demon, and Only God Forgives, will be making three 90-minute features based on the books. Yes, really.Blyton wrote 21 novels in the Famous Five series that follows Julian, Dick, Anne, George, and their dog Timmy. They often featured the group getting into action-packed
  
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• Sonic Frontiers fans thrilled as latest update fixes momentum issues and adds the iconic Spin Dash move

  26-06-2023 13:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic Frontiers' Birthday Bash update brings back Spin Dash and fixes the momentum issues that have been bugging fans since launch. Sonic turned 32 last week, and to celebrate, Sega released another free update for Sonic Frontiers, which adds the iconic Spin Dash move allowing that lovable blue blur to zoom around the Starfall Islands and its Open Zones like never before. Naturally, fans are thrilled to see the return of the signature move return. 
  Spin dash in the new Sonic Frontiers
  
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• "Undisclosed" Rockstar VR game leaks via actor's resume

  26-06-2023 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar might have an unannounced VR game in the works, according to an entry on a voice actor's resume.As first dug up by ResetEra users, actor Michael Ursu has quite the intriguing detail on his resume. Under the 'VR' section of his resume, where Ursu has worked on an 'Elton John VR Promo,' of all things, the actor also lists an 'Undisclosed Rockstar Game' on his resume.Oh, and Ursu has also apparently acted on two more undisclosed video games: a new Borderlands game, and a new game from Gens
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 fans want FF16's best feature

  26-06-2023 12:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that Final Fantasy 16 is out, fans of other games in the series are eyeing up some of its flashy new features. One that's caught the eye of Final Fantasy 14 fans is FF16's Active Time Lore system. The nifty quality-of-life feature allows you to quickly access the backstory of the area you're in alongside the characters relevant to the story at that moment, all you have to do is press or hold the touchpad. While it's not wholly necessary to understand everything going on, it is one
  
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• It's been 11 years, but we're now just 2 years away from playing Skyblivion ourselves

  26-06-2023 12:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The developers behind Skyblivion, a Skyrim-style Oblivion remake, have released a roadmap for its ambitious project which is set to release in 2025.On June 24, the Skyblivion team shared its 2023 roadmap along with the caption: "We've come a long way since we began the process of remastering Oblivion in the Skyrim engine. Today, we’re revealing the path ahead for our targeted release of 2025 at the latest." You may have heard of the project before, especially since it's actually been in de
  
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• Logan director wishes Marvel wasn't bringing Wolverine back, but sees it as inevitable

  26-06-2023 12:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Logan seemed like a pretty definitive end to the story of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine when it was released back in 2017, but the character is set to return in Deadpool 3 – and James Mangold, who helmed Jackman's supposed swansong, isn't so keen on the idea."I can’t say that there’s a part of me that doesn’t wish that we’d let it be," Mangold said in a recent interview with Variety. "But there was always going to be another Wolverine. There could be a baby Wolverine and
  
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• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon promises treks and trouble in two-minute sneak peek

  26-06-2023 12:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  AMC has unveiled a new clip from The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – and it's by far our longest look at the show yet. In the two-minute teaser, Norman Reedus's titular character can be seen making a long ol' journey from the port city of Marseille to Paris, we assume, before stumbling across an abandoned building. "My name is Daryl Dixon," he says through a walkie talkie at the start of the clip, which you can watch above. "I come from a place called the Commonwealth. It's in America. I
  
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• The Witcher producers talk Henry Cavill's "very strong" final scenes – and tease plan to introduce Liam Hemsworth

  26-06-2023 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher season 3 is almost out and that means it's almost time to say goodbye to Henry Cavill's Geralt (sob!). Ahead of the new season hitting Netflix, the show's producers have been dropping some hints about his closing scenes in the role, and what's coming next when Liam Hemsworth joins. "It's a very strong season for Henry, a great final run for him as Geralt," executive producer Steve Gaub told Yahoo! Entertainment. "I think the most important thing for us was to make sure he was ve
  
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• Christopher Nolan compares ending of Oppenheimer to Inception

  26-06-2023 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christopher Nolan has compared the ending of Oppenheimer to the ending of Inception. The 2010 movie famously has a very ambiguous ending, which has been widely discussed and debated ever since. "I mean, the end of Inception, it's exactly that," Nolan told Wired. "There is a nihilistic view of that ending, right? But also, he's moved on and is with his kids. The ambiguity is not an emotional ambiguity. It's an intellectual one for the audience. It's funny, I think there is an interesting rel
  
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• Diablo 4 players are still searching for the cow level, and now they have new evidence

  26-06-2023 12:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 players have uncovered what could be new evidence of a secret cow level.Yes, the new hotness among Diablo 4 all revolves around a cow. The "secret cow level" has existed in various Blizzard games, including most crucially Diablo 2, and now Diablo 4 players are trying to track down the new game's secret cow level, which may or may not exist.As reported by Wowhead, the hunt has an intriguing new development. Players have dug into Diablo 4's game files and found a cut Cellar in Scosglen ca
  
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• Armored Core 6 rating details fictional drug war

  26-06-2023 11:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon has been rated ahead of its August release date.The ESRB has just handed down its rating for Armored Core 6, granting it a 'T' for Teen rating. This is apparently because of "Drug Reference, Language, and Violence," which are all sort of things you'd probably expect from a futuristic mecha-focused action game."This is a third-person shooter in which players assume the role of a mercenary carrying out military-style missions," the ESRB's rating reads, adding "play
  
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