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• As Nintendo finally revives Pikmin, fans remember the native PC port that's quietly existed for 22 years

  30-06-2023 23:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're finally in the middle of a proper Pikmin revival, and fans are taking the opportunity to reminisce about how Nintendo left a native PC port of the first game on the original disc.Years ago, fans discovered that Nintendo included - probably accidentally - a Windows executable file on the original 2001 GameCube disc that lets you run the game on PC. It seems to be a developer build of the game, as it comes with a ton of debugging tools and no shortage of graphical glitches. It'll even run on
  
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• Tron 3 adds Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith to cast

  30-06-2023 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tron: Ares, the third installment in Disney's resurrected series, has added two new actors to help lead its cast: Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith.Lee and Turner-Smith add even more star power to a cast that recently added American Horror Story and Dahmer star Evan Peters in another lead role. The long-awaited Tron: Legacy follow-up also stars Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, and Jeff Bridges, who's reprising his role as Flynn.Lee and Turner-Smith's roles aren't yet known, but The Hollywood Report
  
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• At $5 each, you can get these 12 great games for the price of one new game in the 2023 Steam Summer Sale

  30-06-2023 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The 2023 Steam Summer Sale has begun, and on top of some Steam Deck savings, it's served up another raft of steep discounts on too many great games to list. That being said, I've used an incredibly scientific method to select and recommend 12 good games which all cost about $5. Why? Because five bucks is the perfect amount to spend in a Steam sale. It's enough money to really open up your options, but it's also cheap enough that you're probably willing to experiment and take a risk on somet
  
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• Yelena Belova returns to Marvel Comics as the White Widow

  30-06-2023 22:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yelena Belova is back in Marvel Comics ahead of her MCU role in the upcoming Thunderbolts movie. But Yelena won't be returning as the Black Widow. Instead, she'll take on the mantle of the White Widow in a new limited series by writer Sarah Galley and artist Alessandro Miracolo.Launching in November, the four issue series follows Yelena Belova - Natasha Romanoff's successor as the Black Widow - as she comes into her own in a new superhero identity."Superspy. Rogue agent. Shadow of the Black Wido
  
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• One of our favorite Assassin's Creed games is reportedly getting a remake

  30-06-2023 21:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Black Flag, which is regarded by many - including us - as one of the best Assassin's Creed games, reportedly has a remake in early development.Ubisoft Singapore is leading development on the remake, according to two anonymous sources speaking to Kotaku. The report says the project is "still in its earliest stages and will not be complete for at least a few years," and notes that Ubisoft Singapore, the division that has taken charge of the series' naval combat since its introduction in Assassin's
  
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• This Darkest Dungeon-inspired roguelike has Ghost of Tsushima vibes and a 94% Steam rating

  30-06-2023 20:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  If Ghost of Tsushima was a turn-based roguelike with card battling elements, one can only imagine it would look something like Shogun Showdown, which just launched in Steam Early Access.Admittedly, the only thing about Shogun Showdown resembling Ghost of Tsushima is the feudal Japan setting. Sucker Punch's take is a modern touchstone for games, and that setting is beautifully realized here with SNES-style pixel art and dynamic lighting. Shogun Showdown's gameplay shares DNA with some of the mos
  
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• Beloved adventure game studio ceases development after betting and losing on Lord of the Rings: Gollum

  30-06-2023 19:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  German developer Daedalic Entertainment is ending internal development to focus exclusively on publishing after the disastrous launch of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, according to a report from German media.GamesWirtschaft reports that 25 of Daedalic's roughly 90 employees will be affected by the news. Daedalic says (quoted here through Google Translate) that "we value each and every member of our team and it is important to us that the transition goes as smoothly as possible. Therefore, we wil
  
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• One of 2023's best-rated JRPGs is nearly here, but you need to play around 658 hours of other games first

  30-06-2023 18:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie launches in just a few days and is already getting rave reviews, but this culmination of beloved cult JRPG series is going to require a whole lot of prior experience for you to get the most out of it.If you're not familiar with the Trails series, it's a line of RPGs from Japanese developer Nihon Falcom that's been running since 2004. You can basically think of it as a sort of continuation of the sorts of mid-budget JRPGs we used to get in the PS1 and PS2
  
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• "Not sustainable": Developers across the industry react to The Last of Us Part 2's $220 million budget

  30-06-2023 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developers across the industry are offering insight following a fresh look at just how much money it costs to make some of the biggest games.Earlier this week, poorly redacted court documents revealed the time and budget allocated to Horizon Forbidden West and The Last of Us Part 2. Both games took more than five years and more than $200 million to develop. It took 300 employees working from 2017 to 2022 to make Horizon Forbidden West at a cost of $212 million, while Naughty Dog peaked at 200 st
  
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• The Decepticons attack in a new teaser for Transformers #1

  30-06-2023 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last week Skybound revealed the lineup of Autobots that will feature in Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer's forthcoming Transformers title. Now, the publisher has revealed which of the villainous Decepticons will be facing off against them, once again teasing them out daily on the publisher's Twitter account. As with the Autobots, the line-up has a distinctly old school - or G1 in Transformers parlance - flavor. Leading the forces of evil will be classic baddie and Decepticon Air Comman
  
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• The One Ring card worth $2m has been found

  30-06-2023 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The One Ring card from MTG Lord of the Rings has been found, so fans can stand down - the worldwide hunt is officially over.After causing headlines for months and having racked up a bounty of $2million due to it being the only one ever printed, The One Ring card was finally discovered seven days after MTG Lord of the Rings went on sale this June 23. To be precise, PSAGraded ended the search with a tweet revealing that this totally unique card had been found, authenticated, and graded at mint con
  
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• Dave the Diver, a chill RPG about fishing and sushi, is one of 2023's biggest Steam success stories

  30-06-2023 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dave the Diver has launched out of early access to become one of Steam's biggest success stories in 2023.Before it launched earlier this week out of early access, Dave the Diver averaged around 700 concurrent players per day, according to SteamDB. Now, just two days past launch, the new indie RPG has soared past 34,000 concurrent players, and it's only rising.Dave the Diver saw its full launch earlier this week on June 28, and it's been nothing but a smash-hit success story on Steam ever since.
  
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• The funniest Zelda-like in years is back, now with even more crime

  30-06-2023 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Beloved indie Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is getting a sequel, and his crimes have gotten so much worse.On June 29, developer Snoozy Kazoo announced a sequel to its previous indie hit Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. This time around, Turnip Boy has lost his moral compass even more and has moved on from committing tax-related crimes to robbing banks. We can't say we didn't see this coming. After the success of his last illegal escapade, the little root vegetable clearly needed to increase the
  
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• Emilia Clarke is very cryptic about a potential Star Wars return

  30-06-2023 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fans seem to think Emilia Clarke is hinting at a potential Star Wars return.In a TikTok from IMDB, Ben Mendelsohn asks Clarke if she would ever want to revisit her Star Wars character. Some fans seem to think the actor 'panicked' a bit in her response, with Mendelsohn interrupting her and saving her from answering.Clarke played Qi'ra, Han's first love turned crime syndicate lieutenant, in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Premiering in 2018, the film sees Alden Ehrenreich as a young Han Solo, starring al
  
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• Prime day could be the perfect time to pick up an RTX 3060

  30-06-2023 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Prime Day is fast approaching, and you might be already eyeing up the Nvidia RTX 3060 if you’re after a budget GPU. Not only will the arrival of its successor, the RTX 4060, potentially have an effect on its price, but you’d perhaps half expect the last-gen GeForce graphics card to receive a discount during the annual Amazon event. However, it’s important to consider whether you should buy an Nvidia RTX 3060 this Prime Day in the first place, and we think it could be the perfec
  
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• D&D classes just got some major changes, so here's what it all means

  30-06-2023 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  As we're staring down the barrel of a new D&D edition that's due to arrive next year, updated mechanics for playtesting are being trotted out by developer Wizards of the Coast every few months. The latest one just landed, and oh boy - it's made some major alterations to almost all of the game's classes. Indeed, these are some of the biggest changes one of the best tabletop RPGs has seen in a while.Because there's a lot to go through (it occupies 70+ pages of notes), we've broken down the big
  
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• All the major D&D class changes, explained

  30-06-2023 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  With a brand-new edition of D&D looming on the horizon, tweaked gameplay is being teased by developer Wizards of the Coast ahead of launch next year. The latest playtest showing off these updates takes a sledgehammer to certain classes, and they present some of the most significant changes the game's had in a while. Because there's a lot to go through (the playtest presents 70+ pages of notes), we've broken down everything you need to know below. Whether it's a huge buff for the Monk -
  
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• Diablo 4 players manage to slay a World Boss in only 3 seconds

  30-06-2023 17:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  It took a group of Diablo 4 players only a few seconds to destroy one of the game's World Bosses.Players of Blizzard's action-RPG have managed to annihilate Wandering Death, a World Tier 4 boss, in just three seconds. The battle, initially shared on the Diablo 4 subreddit, shows the group of proficient fighters immediately begin wailing on the baddie as soon as he spawns. He's no match for their forceful physical attacks and powerful spells, and his health bar, which is full at eight seconds int
  
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• Final Fantasy 16 is reportedly overheating PS5s

  30-06-2023 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  PS5 owners report that Final Fantasy 16 is overheating their consoles, causing them to shut down entirely.Last week before Final Fantasy 16 even launched, there were strong hints of its boss fights causing PS5s to overheat from those who were playing the game ahead of launch. As first noticed by Push Square, now that Square Enix's new game is out in the wild, others are also chipping in with their experience of their new-gen consoles overheating, just like the poor individual just below.
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• Trucking company hiring drivers through American Truck Simulator says the game is making better truckers

  30-06-2023 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The trucking company posting job ads in American Truck Simulator says the game gives inexperienced drivers a leg-up in training.Earlier this month, American Truck Simulator developer SCS Software revealed its partnership with the real-life trucking company Schneider National. The partnership has put in-game billboards advertising jobs at Schneider across the digital United States, complete with information on how to apply. In-game advertising is nothing new, but the surprise here is that long-ti
  
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• You're as likely to finish Baldur's Gate 3 as that D&D campaign your friends keep talking about

  30-06-2023 17:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  A typical playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3 will take anywhere from 75 to 100 hours – you know, the length of a proper D&D session. That comes from developer Larian Studios, who has been talking to IGN about the upcoming game. Larian boss Swen Vincke bases the estimate on someone playing solo and only doing a handful of what’s on offer. You can expect a grander time commitment if you’re more of a completionist. “Between 75 and 100 hours, that's what we're
  
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• Potential proof of a Red Dead Redemption remaster has unfortunately been debunked

  30-06-2023 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  New Red Dead Redemption-adjacent details have been uncovered, and although they at first appeared to be evidence of a remaster, they've since been debunked as far less important.Earlier this week, it was reported that Red Dead Redemption had received a new rating from a ratings board in Korea, sparking speculation of a new remaster. Now, Red Dead Redemption players have discovered that Rockstar has quietly updated the Achievement icons available on the Social Club, which has only added fuel to t
  
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• Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin dies at 89

  30-06-2023 16:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin has died at the age of 89. The acclaimed actor had a career spanning several decades, including roles in Little Miss Sunshine, The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, and The Kominsky Method.His sons Adam, Matthew, and Anthony confirmed he died on June 29 at his home in California in a joint statement. "Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man," they shared. "A loving husband, father, grand, and great grandfather, he was adored and will
  
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• Will Poulter begged to join The Bear season 2

  30-06-2023 16:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Will Poulter quite literally begged to be in The Bear season 2."I called them. I literally begged to be in the show. I asked if I could meet with [creator] Chris Storer and basically communicated that I was such a fan of so much of his work, but especially The Bear," Poulter told Variety. “He was kind enough to gift me with the offer to play Luca and it really changed my life, to be honest."Poulter first appears in episode four as Luca, a Copenhagen-based chef determined to train Marcus (L
  
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• After a week-long thrashing by the FTC, the Nintendo Switch has been vindicated by a federal judge

  30-06-2023 15:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo Switch has been an unfortunate casualty of the FTC court case that's potentially set to decide whether the Xbox Activision deal goes ahead, but now its honor has been defended by a federal judge.A significant part of the FTC's strategy has been to highlight Microsoft's strength in the games industry. If it can do that successfully, it would make its job - of proving that this historically large acquisition is anti-competitive - significantly easier. To do that, it's focused on the t
  
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• Turn any occasion into a party with Everybody 1-2-Switch!

  30-06-2023 15:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Everybody 1-2-Switch is taking its title very seriously. It's a party game that wants everybody to get involved as it has support for up to 100 players to get in on the action at once. Yes, you read that right. A Nintendo Switch title that literally all of your friends and family can play at once in a single space. Is this the ultimate take on the Nintendo Switch party experience? We think so. You can either play with 2-8 friends with Joy-Cons or get them to grab their smartphone and scale
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 has triple the word count of Lord of the Rings and its cutscenes are twice as long as Game of Thrones

  30-06-2023 15:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The developer of Baldur's Gate 3 promises the game's cinematics feature triple the word count of the Lord of the Rings novels, and are twice the length of every season of Game of Thrones combined - that's a lot of cutscenes to sit through. In Larian Studios' latest community update, over on Steam, the developer gives a small insight into all things Baldur's Gate 3 ahead of its release later this year. Speaking about just how big the highly anticipated sequel is, the post reads: "Baldur&rsqu
  
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• BlizzCon 2023's priciest tickets will set you back $800

  30-06-2023 15:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a four-year break, BlizzCon is making its big comeback later this year, and Blizzard has just revealed more details on what to expect, plus the pricey ticket options available for those planning to attend in person.The two-day fan event returns to California's Anaheim convention center on November 3, and according to Blizzard's official website, tickets will be available in two waves during July, with prices ranging from a rather costly $299 to an eye-watering $799. The first option g
  
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• Secret Invasion includes a reference to Netflix's Daredevil

  30-06-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's not just Skrulls hiding in plain sight in Secret Invasion – there was a Daredevil Easter egg in episode 2 of the Disney Plus show, too. The episode features clips of a news broadcast reporting on the bomb attack in Moscow that led to Maria Hill's death at the end of episode 1, and the network in question is FXN. If this doesn't sound familiar, we don't blame you, but eagle-eyed Daredevil fans may remember the news broadcaster from the Netflix series. One observant Reddit use
  
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• CS:GO ban wave leaves over $2m in skins in permanent limbo

  30-06-2023 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  A recent CS:GO ban wave has caught over 40 accounts linked to in-game trading, resulting in a reported $2 million worth of skins being potentially lost forever.As Dexerto reports, Valve’s latest ban wave is catching skin traders associated with gambling sites. While CS:GO skin trading has long been common in the popular shooter, it’s the link to gambling that Valve appears to be taking issue with – a ban wave in May also hit various traders who had dealt with gambling sites.Wha
  
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• The internet is exploding with Barbenheimer memes

  30-06-2023 13:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Barbie vs. Oppenheimer. It's the showdown of the summer, as both epic blockbusters are set to go head to head this July 21 in a box office battle for the ages. The internet, though, has embraced these dual movies, planning a most unusual double bill and flooding social media with memes. We've rounded up our favorite, laugh out loud Barbenheimer posts below, so you can get in on the explosive, pink fun too. 
  I humbly present my Barbie-Oppenheimer 2024 electoral map pic.twitter.com/
  
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• Mobile survival strategy game Doomsday: Last Survivors is available on PC

  30-06-2023 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doomsday: Last Survivors, an apocalyptic survival strategy game previously only available on mobile, has made the jump to PC, and is now available via Steam and the Epic Games Store.Set in an apocalyptic future, Doomsday: Last Survivors combines real-time strategy gameplay with online competition, tasking you with protecting your group of survivors against both the hordes of undead and rival factions who are seeking to take anything you have.
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• Horror heads, a new movie compared to Hereditary and The Babadook has hit Netflix

  30-06-2023 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix is leaning into the scares with new thriller Run Rabbit Run. Starring Succession’s Sarah Snook, the movie has already drawn comparisons to other horror heavyweights like Hereditary and The Babadook, despite its very mixed reviews.The movie stars Snook as a fertility doctor called Sarah who notices some strange behaviour from her daughter Mia (Lily LaTorre). The young girl becomes convinced that she has memories from another life, leading Sarah to confront everything she knows about
  
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• Call of Duty's new anti-cheat efforts make cheaters hallucinate

  30-06-2023 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call of Duty's latest anti-cheating efforts will see cheaters hallucinate players in online matches.Yesterday on June 29, Activision's Team Ricochet anti-cheating taskforce shared an update on their efforts to combat disingenuous players. At some point in the near future, identified cheaters will start hallucinating players who aren't really there in online games.
  #TeamRICOCHET is thrilled to share with the community several updates to RICOCHET including the Hallucination decoy and In-Game Repor
  
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• I've been waiting ages for this badass Darth Vader scene to get a Star Wars action figure

  30-06-2023 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  As soon as it happened in the Obi-Wan series, it was only a matter of time until we got a Star Wars action figure recreating the scene in miniature. You know the moment we're talking about - the one where Darth Vader's mask is sheared away to reveal a broken Anakin Skywalker underneath. It's both haunting and instantly iconic, and now, it's finally getting its own toy.Dubbed 'Darth Vader (Duel's End)', this Star Wars action figure is part of The Black Series line. That means it stands at six inc
  
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• Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie have accepted Tom Cruise's movie marathon mission

  30-06-2023 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, AKA Barbie's director and leading actor, have joined Tom Cruise in his summer of 'Barbenheimer' by conducting their own big-screen movie marathon."This summer is full of amazing movies to see in theaters. Congratulations, Harrison Ford, on 40 years of Indy and one of the most iconic characters in history," Cruise tweeted on Wednesday (June 28), alongside three photos of him and director Christopher McQuarrie holding cinema tickets. "I love a double feature, and it
  
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• Detective Pikachu Returns: Everything we know so far

  30-06-2023 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Detective Pikachu Returns is an upcoming Switch game that we learned more about during a recent Nintendo Direct, with the sequel to one of the best 3DS games confirmed to be joining the ranks of new games for 2023. The adventure game sees Pokemon's most beloved pocket monster donning a flat-cap and magnifying glass to solve mysteries in Ryme City. He's accompanied by another Detective Pikachu returnee, as well as a host of familiar Pokemon friends.Being a spin-off, you won't find Detective Pikac
  
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• If everyone in the world played Elden Ring, we'd have defeated 24 enemies each

  30-06-2023 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  If everyone in the world played Elden Ring, we'd have defeated 24 enemies each so far.Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco has released an infographic chock full of stats on what we've been up to since first setting foot in the Lands Between. The data shared on the publisher's official website shows that 197 billion enemies have been felled by players. It's an astounding number, and according to the publisher's calculations equates to 24 foes defeated for every person on the planet.  What's al
  
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• All of the ultra-rare Diablo 4 items have now been found

  30-06-2023 12:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  The last remaining ultra-rare items in Diablo 4 have now been found, five of which were all picked up within the last few days. It's been a lucky few days for some of Diablo 4's players as the last remaining ultra-rare items have now been obtained. Earlier this week, one player managed to find Andariel's Visage, shortly followed by a different player who picked up The Grandfather. Now, over the last 24 hours, the last remaining three out of six - Melted Heart of Selig, The Doombringer, and
  
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• Dial of Destiny director James Mangold breaks down the wild Indiana Jones 5 final act

  30-06-2023 12:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is finally here, following the final quest of Harrison Ford's iconic adventurer. The film revolves around a device called the Antikythera, an artefact from the ancient world with time-twisting capabilities. Once the object gets used, the film goes in a very unexpected direction – and director James Mangold has broken down that wild final act in conversation with Inverse.  It should go without saying, but the following contains major spoilers
  
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• This level 85 Diablo 4 Hardcore player died to the game's most pitiful enemy

  30-06-2023 12:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Diablo 4 Hardcore player died to a Treasure Goblin, an enemy that literally cannot attack.How did they accomplish this feat, you ask? It's simple really: Death Pulse. As Icy-Veins reported, streamer killthuzad was running through a fearsome Tier 37 Nightmare Dungeon, when they came across the pitiful Treasure Goblin attempting to make their quick exit with their ill-gotten gains.Striking the Treasure Goblin down in one powerful hit, the streamer then hung around for a second, which was their f
  
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• Beyond The Spider-Verse producers finally address release date delay rumors

  30-06-2023 11:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Our spider-sense is telling us that it’s more and more likely that Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse won’t make its release date early next year. There have been several hints over the past few months, including some comments from the actors who haven’t even started recording lines.Now the movie’s producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller have given a cryptic response about if it could be shifting from the March 29, 2024 slot. "I would say that just like we're going to
  
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• Sega isn't looking for a buyout, from Microsoft or anyone else

  30-06-2023 11:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sega has no plans to be acquired, by Microsoft or any other company.Earlier this week during the Federal Trade Commission's hearings into Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Activision, it was revealed that Microsoft was considering acquiring a slate of developers, including Sega. Now, Sega co-chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi has shot down any speculation that Sega is up for sale. 
  Could Sega be acquired by Microsoft?Shuji Utsumi, co-COO of the studio behind Sonic the Hedgehog, has a s
  
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