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• Jennifer Garner is returning as Elektra for Deadpool 3

  07-07-2023 23:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jennifer Garner is returning as Elektra for Deadpool 3.The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, who were quick to remind us that Garner also worked with Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy on The Adam Project – implying that this return has probably been in the works for quite some time.Garner first played the anti-hero assassin in 2003's Daredevil, which starred Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock. She would then go on to star in a standalone Elektra film in 2005. Daredevil was a moderate box office
  
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• Here's what happens to your Diablo 4 character when a season ends

  07-07-2023 21:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've known for a while that Diablo 4 seasons require a new character with each battle pass, but what happens to your old seasonal character?To be fair to Blizzard, we've also known for some time that Diablo 4 seasonal characters are simply transferred over to the Eternal realm - where your normal character(s) are - at the end of each season, just like in past Diablo games. That said, it's worth clarifying how the whole thing works for those new to the series, especially with all of the new info
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't mind if you sleep with a Druid while he's turned into a grizzly bear

  07-07-2023 20:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios absolutely won't stop you from surrendering to your desire to make love with a Druid turned grizzly bear.In its final development update before the game's August 3 release date, Larian Studios explicitly confirmed you can shag a bear in Baldur's Gate 3, provided, of course, that you and the wildshaped Druid in question consent."Have you ever considered the joys and pleasures of sexual congress with a wildshaped Druid?" said lead writer Adam Smith in one o
  
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• The true best class in Baldur's Gate 3 is the Monk, according to its lead writer

  07-07-2023 20:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 has a wealth of options when it comes to classes, and choosing one is no easy task. In a recent interview with GamesRadar+, lead writer Adam Smith discussed the new Monk class and gave some compelling reasons for choosing it if you're planning on delving into Larian Studios' expansive RPG."A Monk's great because they're so quick," Smith explains. "Once you get to level six or seven, it feels like you're taking five turns for anyone else's one turn because you're running arou
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 dev isn't sweating Starfield comparisons: "There aren't enough RPGs"

  07-07-2023 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 has drawn comparisons to Starfield as another mammoth RPG competing for attention this summer, albeit less directly now that it's pushed up its PC release date to avoid too much overlap, but developer Larian Studios isn't bothered by the comparison.Speaking with GamesRadar+ at a recent event, lead Baldur's Gate 3 writer Adam Smith acknowledged comparisons to Starfield and stressed the differences between Larian's baby and Bethesda's. "I want to play Starfield," he begins. "I
  
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• The Barbie soundtrack's final mystery artist is one of the "greatest living artists"

  07-07-2023 19:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's one last artist to be revealed on the Barbie soundtrack, and producer Mark Ronson promises that it's going to be epic."One of the artists is obviously one of the f-cking greatest living artists around but also had a very personal, idiosyncratic tie to Barbie as well," Ronson told TIME. It's not Billie Eilish, although the singer did confirm that she does have a song on the soundtrack.If we're going to speculate, our first thought is Britney Spears – who had several Barbie dolls mad
  
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• Deadpool 3 star promises that it won't "feel different" despite now being in the MCU

  07-07-2023 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Karan Soni says Deadpool 3 feels just like the first two films, despite now being in the Disney-owned Marvel Cinematic Universe."I have begun working on that one, so I can say that it is the same as the other two. It's like hard R. There's a lot of that stuff. So it does not feel different," Soni told Comicbook.com.  "The only thing that, for me, is different is that I have not gotten the script this time. The other two, we did get it, it's a big difference, at least for me, the MCU part of
  
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• This genius Unreal Engine 5 game brings new meaning to in-engine footage

  07-07-2023 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  An Unreal Engine 5 developer has created a very clever platformer that's given new meaning to the term in-engine footage. Twitter user and game developer @BP__Systems recently shared footage of their latest project in Unreal Engine 5. As the tweet explains, the developer has created a level of a platforming-style game that is made up entirely of functions and nodes which explains, in real-time, what you do as you play. As you can see, in the game we follow a tiny humanoid character as
  
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• PSA: It’s okay to pick up a 1080p gaming monitor on Prime Day

  07-07-2023 18:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  I have a confession to make. I guess it’s less of a confession and more of a self-admission, but using a UHD gaming monitor stresses me out. That may sound weird considering I review the latest screens and graphics cards for a living. However, trying to run games at 4K even with a mid-range GPU in 2023 can be both difficult and distracting. So, I’m here to say out loud that it’s completely fine to pick up a 1080p gaming display during Amazon’s sale over a higher resolutio
  
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• Sabine Wren actor teases an interesting reunion with Ahsoka Tano

  07-07-2023 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Upcoming Star Wars show Ahsoka is set to feature on the titular former-Jedi, but multiple Rebels characters will be making the jump to live-action, too. One of these is Sabine Wren, played by Natasha Liu Bordizzo, who is set to be searching for her missing pal Ezra Bridger. Given that Ezra will be played by Eman Esfandi in Ahsoka, it looks like Sabine's search will be successful. And with Hera and Chopper also confirmed to return (the former played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the latter by,
  
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• Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque reunite for new sci-fi horror title Duck and Cover

  07-07-2023 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The American Vampire creative team of writer Scott Snyder and artist Rafael Albuquerque are reuniting for a new ComiXology Originals release titled Duck and Cover. Duck and Cover centers on a teenager in the '50s named Del Reeves, who is one of the only survivors of a nuclear attack that decimates the population."The year is 1955, and teenager Del Reeves dreams of ditching town life for a life in movies beyond projecting them at the local drive-in," reads the official description of Duck an
  
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• The Witcher loses top spot on Netflix’s streaming chart to a surprising new show

  07-07-2023 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher season 3 held on to the Netflix streaming top spot for a week, but it’s already been beaten to the post by a new show. Comedy special Tom Segura: Sledgehammer is the most-watched series on US Netflix currently as the fantasy show slipped to second place, according to Flix Patrol. The comedian uses his special to discuss everything from his admiration for Brad Pitt to how he deals with raising his two sons. Directed by Ryan Polito, the recording is taken from one of Segura&
  
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• Avatar: The Way of Water has massive streaming debut

  07-07-2023 17:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar: The Way of Water absolutely stormed the box office – and now the blockbuster has conquered streaming, too. According to data from Nielsen (H/T Deadline), Avatar 2, which hit both Disney Plus and HBO Max on June 7, clocked up a massively impressive 1.9 billion minutes of viewing in its first week streaming. The Way of Water cleared the two billion mark at the box office, which catapulted the film to the third spot in the biggest movies of all time list. It's behind only th
  
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• Ahsoka star addresses Dave Filoni's plans for a Star Wars crossover movie

  07-07-2023 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahsoka is the latest Star Wars project from the mind of Dave Filoni, architect of animated shows The Clone Wars and Rebels. The series will feature the first live-action appearance of multiple Rebels characters, including Sabine Wren, played by Natasha Liu Bordizzo. Of course, Ahsoka herself has made appearances in both The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Does Bordizzo ever get the sense that the Ahsoka TV show is simply a chapter in the wider story of this increasingly crowded secto
  
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• Meet the Final Fantasy 14 heroes making the MMO's hardest content accessible to everyone else

  07-07-2023 16:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  A group of Final Fantasy 14 players are running an entire operation dedicated to breaking down the barriers between fans and the MMO’s most brutal content.Ultimate Raids bring together high-end bosses from a previous expansion’s campaign and raid content, remixing it all into a gauntlet you must clear in one attempt. It’s so tricky that developer Square Enix doesn’t consider it ‘progression’ content demanding completion to advance elsewhere, but rather a spect
  
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• Red Dead Redemption modder gives us a glimpse at what a remaster could look like, and it's beautiful

  07-07-2023 16:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Red Dead Redemption modder has remade Chuparosa in the style of Red Dead Redemption 2, and now we want that rumored remaster more than ever. YouTuber 'Basement Gamer Bros' has shared footage of a mod that gives us a glimpse into what a Red Dead Redemption remaster could look like. Fans of Rockstar's Western title will already be very familiar with Chuparosa, a settlement in Red Dead Redemption, but they've probably never seen it looking as good as this.At the start of the video, we get a
  
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• Half-Life 2 fans praise fan-made prequel set in Combine rebellion years before Gordon Freeman shows up

  07-07-2023 16:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Half-Life 2 fans are mighty impressed with this fan-made prequel set in Combine rebellion years before Gordon Freeman shows up.The wait for Half-Life 3 has been eternal, and after all these years, we're still none the wiser as to when, or even if, we'll get to play it. Thankfully, some talented Half-Life fans have made the situation a little easier to bear with an impressive new Half-Life 2 story-driven mod set between the first two games. The mod, Swelter, was created by SnowDropEscape and
  
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• Haunted Mansion director says the movie leaves the door open for sequels

  07-07-2023 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien is open to creating more sequels based in the world of the new Disney movie. Speaking to SFX magazine in the upcoming issue, which features Good Omens season 2 on the cover, the director says there's a lot of potential to expand in further films. "It’s definitely in the realm of possibility," he tells us. "I sort of get my rocks off on world-building, so we certainly set up a lot that I think a lot of other stories could derive from and
  
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• TMNT director teases that Shredder will appear in future movies

  07-07-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character Shredder might not be in Mutant Mayhem but he'll definitely show up in future movies, says co-director Jeff Rowe. If the new animation spawns a franchise, that is..."We'll Dark Knight it," Rowe jokes to SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Good Omens season 2 on the cover, before adding that he'd "100%" love to develop a sequel. "When you've grown and you've become confident as a teenager, to then go up against a foe that is three times scarier tha
  
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• Jenna Ortega and Winona Ryder film wedding scene for Beetlejuice 2

  07-07-2023 14:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jenna Ortega's character looks to be getting hitched in a new behind-the-scenes pic of long-awaited fantasy sequel Beetlejuice 2 – and Winona Ryder's Lydia Deetz is one of the wedding guests. In snaps obtained by People, which you can glimpse below, the Wednesday star was spotted on set of the movie in Hertfordshire, UK earlier this week, sporting a white tulle gown and veil. Underneath the dress, Ortega was wearing chunky boots with pale pink laces, while her co-star was photographed
  
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• Disney Plus is releasing 27 classic shorts

  07-07-2023 14:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disney is releasing 27 classic shorts on Disney Plus to celebrate the studio's 100th anniversary. "Bringing back some classics.  Starting tomorrow, 27 newly restored shorts featuring Disney's most beloved characters are coming to #DisneyPlus!" reads the announcement tweet. See the full list of shorts below. 
  Bringing back some classics. 💙 Starting tomorrow, 27 newly restored shorts featuring Disney’s most beloved characters are coming to #DisneyPlus! #Disney100 pic.t
  
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• Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan’s "best movie by far" according to Benny Safdie

  07-07-2023 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Uncut Gems director and actor Benny Safdie has high praise for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The actor, who plays physicist Edward Teller in the upcoming movie said it’s the auteur’s best yet.Posting a new look at his character on Instagram, he wrote: "A brand new look at Edward Teller post Nuke test! I got to see the movie recently, and I can tell you with certainty: This is Chris’ best movie by far. It’s got everything firing on all cylinders."This is certainly
  
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• Danny DeVito is up for returning as The Penguin in the Batman multiverse

  07-07-2023 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fresh off Michael Keaton's return as Batman in The Flash, his former co-star Danny DeVito has said he'll also happily come back. The actor who played The Penguin in Tim Burton's Batman Returns back in 1992 opens up about the role to SFX magazine in our upcoming issue."I would definitely consider doing it, yeah," DeVito tells SFX about the potential of appearing in the DC multiverse. "Batman Returns was a great part, it was operatic. You could just pull out all the stops. There were so many motiv
  
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• This management sim proves you don't need to be a good headmaster to run a school, and it could be Steam's next gem

  07-07-2023 13:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  The developer of My Time at Sandrock will soon be releasing what could be a surprise hit of 2023: a school management sim. Let's School has players taking on the role of headmaster at a rundown school that's in need of a little TLC, as well as some students. You'll need to rebuild the school and enrol students, all while maintaining the building as well as the happiness of your staff and students in this charming low poly indie. Let's School is set to release on July 27, but you can play th
  
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• Sega boss says "play-to-earn" games are "boring" as Sonic dev scraps blockchain plans

  07-07-2023 13:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sega, once a supporter of blockchain gaming, has had a change of heart and is now scrapping plans to make games using the technology.Speaking to Bloomberg, Sega's co-chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi reveals that the company is abandoning plans to create its own blockchain games for the foreseeable future. "The action in play-to-earn games is boring," Utsumi tells Bloomberg. "What's the point if games are no fun?"According to the exec, Sega also won't be allowing its biggest IPs, including So
  
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• Pokemon Sleep is a lot more complicated than you think

  07-07-2023 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Sleep sounds strangely trickier to plan than you might've first thought.The Pokemon Company has dropped the video just below, giving fans a detailed look at how to actually play Pokemon Sleep before it eventually releases later this year. What's a bit surprising, though, is the revelation that Pokemon Sleep is a bit trickier to play than just simply sleeping and catching 'mons.Let's start from the top. Firstly, the amount of sleep you get every night is reflected in your Sleep Score. Mul
  
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• Neil Gaiman has already plotted out Good Omens season 3, thanks to Terry Pratchett

  07-07-2023 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Neil Gaiman has actually already plotted out a potential Good Omens season 3, thanks to his late collaborator Terry Pratchett.Speaking to SFX magazine in our upcoming issue, which features the show on the cover, Gaiman tells us that he never intended season 2's arc to be the second installment. The TV series was based on Gaiman and Pratchett’s 1990 novel. The two collaborators had partially hashed out the details for a sequel to the fantasy comedy, late one night in a hotel room. This
  
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• The original recording of the Wilhelm Scream has been found after 70 years

  07-07-2023 12:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The original recording of the Wilhelm Scream – arguably the most famous sound effect in movie history – has been discovered.As revealed by a CBS report, CalArts researcher Craig Smith uncovered the tape among a collection he received from the film school at USC. The archived clip also includes five alternate takes on the iconic scream. And, no, we’re never going to unhear the "Ooowww" version either.Smith, however, admitted it could have been lost to history – after being
  
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• Sonic co-creator reportedly sentenced to two and a half years following insider trading allegations

  07-07-2023 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka has reportedly been sentenced to two and a half years in prison with a four-year probation following insider trading allegations. That comes from Yahoo Japan, which reports that, as translated by Twitter users @Genki_JPN & @SEGAbits, Yuji Naka has received his sentencing for the insider trading allegations he got in 2022. According to the outlet, Naka was given a four-year suspension from a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence and fined ¥2 million (approx.
  
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• Guardians of the Galaxy 3 deleted scene confirming High Evolutionary survived is here

  07-07-2023 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Guardians of the Galaxy 3 deleted scene has revealed what happened to the High Evolutionary. The scene, debuted by IGN, shows the High Evolutionary jailed on Knowhere. Rocket Raccoon locks him in a cell without exchanging a word with him, then walks away. Meanwhile, Kraglin tells Adam Warlock he needs a cooler superhero name than just "Adam," while the rescued children (and monkeys) from the High Evolutionary's ship are shown settling in. Director James Gunn previously confirmed on T
  
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• BattleBit Remastered ban wave claims hundreds of players mid-match, leaving others confused and a bit impressed

  07-07-2023 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  BattleBit Remastered just unleashed a new ban wave earlier this week, seeing hundreds of accounts wiped out mid-match.The low-poly FPS is the new hotness on Steam right now, partially because it's a damn good time, but also because it hosts massive, 254-strong player matches. That sounds like fun, but matches can get instantly turned on their heads if a ban wave strikes mid-match.That's exactly what happened earlier this week on July 5. Right as players were in the middle of a game, developer Sg
  
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• Shang-Chi 2 has seemingly been pushed back – thanks to an Avengers movie

  07-07-2023 11:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shang-Chi star Simu Liu has given a disappointing update on a sequel.Writing on Threads – it’s where the cool kids are at now – Liu replied to a fan’s request for Shang-Chi 2 news by saying, "Was told it would follow Avengers, but that keeps pushing back due to circumstances beyond my control."Liu added, "Hope to have more concrete news to share soon."The Shang-Chi actor is likely referring to Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. Originally slated for May 2, 2025, the fifth Avenge
  
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• Diablo 4 patch accidently sparks Uber Uniques loot rush that Blizzard had to swiftly stamp out

  07-07-2023 11:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 accidentally enabled a gold rush of elite loot, and it's been quickly quashed.If you didn't know, Diablo 4 has a truly elite tier of loot called 'Uber Unique' items. These should be pretty damn rare, but they were dropping at an absolute deluge over the past day from Helltide Events via Helltide Chests, thanks to a new patch that launched with unintended consequences.This caused an absolute gold rush of loot, or as close to a gold rush as you can come in Diablo 4. Thousands of players a
  
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• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’s Hayley Atwell spent 100 days on set before recording dialogue

  07-07-2023 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One star Hayley Atwell has revealed how not recording a dialogue scene during her first 100 days on set helped her performance as newcomer Grace."I come from the theater and I talk a lot. I’m so used to language," Atwell tells GamesRadar+ and Total Film of her unique experience when filming the action blockbuster. "Language has always been the first tool that I learned from drama school and understanding the classics and plays… So
  
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• Masahiro Sakurai says Kid Icarus Uprising probably isn't getting a Switch port or a sequel, and that's a damn shame

  07-07-2023 01:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a bit of tragic news, famed Nintendo director Masahiro Sakurai has suggested the 3DS game Kid Icarus: Uprising will likely be the last in the series for some time.In the new episode of his Game Concepts video series (via Eurogamer), Sakurai yet again expressed his desire to see Kid Icarus Uprising make the leap from 3DS to a home console like Switch. "It's a shame that it's only lived on 3DS, as I'd love to play on a bigger screen with smoother graphics," he said.Unfortunately, Sakurai expres
  
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• Silent Hill creator's new horror game Slitterhead debuts early gameplay and playable dog

  07-07-2023 00:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Slitterhead, the debut title from Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama and Bokeh Game Studio and one of my most anticipated upcoming horror games, has given us our first peak at early gameplay, and it sure looks like there's a playable dog.I've been intrigued by Slitterhead since it was revealed at The Game Awards 2021, and so it's been an agonizing wait to actually see what the game looks like in action. The cinematics we've seen so far have been deliciously creepy, particularly the alien-like
  
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