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• It’s taken 57 years, but Star Trek is finally getting a musical episode

  22-07-2023 23:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Make it do-re-mi-fa-so. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is continuing its hot streak of incredible (and incredibly bizarre) standalone episodes with an upcoming musical number, titled Subspace Rhapsody.Featuring 10 original songs penned by members of the band Letters to Cleo, the unique upcoming episode of Strange New Worlds season 2 will premiere on August 3.The Star Trek Universe panel at SDCC also pulled back the curtain on the all-singing, all-dancing slice of Star Trek – the first in th
  
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• Here’s a high-octane first look at Star Trek Discovery’s final season

  22-07-2023 23:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Trek Discovery season 5 – the final season of the spacefaring series – is coming in early 2024, and now we have a first look at what Michael Burnham and co. are getting up to.The five-minute clip, which you can see below, has been released online after first being glimpsed by convention-goers.The scene sees Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) sucked into space after a tense confrontation. The captain then hitches a ride on a ship travelling at warp speed. She’s then aid
  
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• Oppenheimer’s 'real' bomb sequence was created using balloons – and an aquarium

  22-07-2023 22:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oppenheimer may have blown away all expectations at the box office, but its climactic scene – involving the atomic bomb being tested for the first time at Los Alamos – is something that’ll likely linger for far longer than opening weekend.Now, Oppenheimer director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema has revealed how that incredible sequence came to life. Partially revealed, anyway – he’s still keeping some of Nolan’s secrets."Obviously, we couldn’t make an
  
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• RPG shooter Remnant 2 has secrets that even 400-hour playtesters and its own devs haven't found

  22-07-2023 19:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Principal designer of RPG shooter Remnant 2, Ben Cureton, took to Twitter recently to reveal something that's no doubt going to frustrate hundred-percenters world round: Not a soul has gotten to the end of Remnant 2 with 100% completion. Yet."No one has seen or obtained 100% of everything Remnant 2 has to offer. I'm talking about hardcore players with over 400+ hours, reviewers that had early access, even our own internal developers. No one."Now I love a good easter egg just as much as the next
  
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• Doom meets D&D in this turn-based RPG, and I'm living for it

  22-07-2023 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  With the demon lord Leinad and his army poised to wreak havoc on the world once again, the seal of their dark and ancient maze broken, a party of adventurers gathers to stop the reincarnation.This is the brutal, retro dungeon RPG Demon Lord Reincarnation. Released on July 19, the game sets an impeccable atmosphere with its uncannily creepy, monochrome pixel encounters and Doom style 3D environments, which if you're not careful in navigating could lead you and your party to a terrifying end.You b
  
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• Are there too many cosy life sims? The one-day Kickstarter success of Chill Town says no, of course not

  22-07-2023 15:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The much anticipated cosy life sim with literally the least stressful name ever, Chill Town, has aced its $10,000 Kickstarter goal in just 24 hours. With backing from its impressive following, the game is now steaming through its many stretch goals as the total funding mounts.A sweet blend of Disney Dreamlight Valley and Stardew Valley, with a sprinkling of Animal Crossing to boot, Dallas based Crytivo Games is bringing this cell shaded, chibi world to life as we speak, and it looks so full of p
  
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• 16 years later, baby Bonsly is finally getting a new Pokémon card

  22-07-2023 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bonsly the tearful baby bonsai is getting an all new Pokémon card. Having held out on us sneaky-rock-type fans for sixteen years, the Pokémon Trading Card Game is finally bringing back our sweet botanical smol boi in the new Obsidian Flames set.Bonsly's last appearance was in the Space-Time Creation set, and with their first two cards being nought but promo cards, the upcoming card will be little Bonsly's fourth card ever. That number looks pretty paltry against Pikachu's almost 20
  
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• New One Piece trailer introduces us to an ocean’s worth of rivals, threats, and pirates

  22-07-2023 03:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Get ready, Straw Hats. Netflix has released a new trailer for their One Piece show – and series creator Eiichiro Oda has a message for you.The Netflix series, based on the hit manga by Oda, revolves around Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) and his motley crew sailing the seas in the hopes of becoming King of the Pirates. The trailer gets its sea legs underneath it almost immediately, setting up a swashbuckling adventure for Luffy as he hunts for the mythical One Piece treasure. As he heads
  
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• Horrifying Stardew Valley mod gives NPCs AI-powered "brains"

  22-07-2023 01:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Stardew Valley mod that uses AI to let you have unscripted, real-time conversations with the game's many NPCs.Like in the vast majority of games, Stardew Valley's NPCs are all scripted to say certain things when prompted by the player, but a new mod available through NexusMods replaces their scripting with AI software that gives them distinct personalities as well as the ability to have unique conversations every time you talk to them.If you've toyed around with an AI chatbot at al
  
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• Meet the brand new Punisher

  22-07-2023 01:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Move over Frank Castle - there's officially a new Punisher coming to Marvel Comics. Announced at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2023, the new Punisher is Joe Garrison, a retired SHIELD agent who is pulled back into action to take up the legacy of Frank Castle.Joe Garrison is a creation of writer David Pepose, whose Moon Knight: City of the Dead limited series just launched, and artist Dave Wachter, best known for his longrunning work on IDW Publishing's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise
  
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• Mortal Kombat 1 trailer reveals the return of Li Mei, Tanya, and Baraka

  22-07-2023 00:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mortal Kombat 1 showed up at San Diego Comic-Con 2023 with a new trailer showcasing the return of Li Mei, Tanya, and Baraka.The new trailer shows off cinematics and gameplay for the fan-favorite returning fighters, and it also gives us a little bit of story context that should please long-time fans of the series.True to form, series co-creator Ed Boon has been teasing these reveals for some time now, including such subtle clues as a GIF of Stephen Colbert eating popcorn with 3D glasses on. Fans
  
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