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• After 9 years this tower defense roguelike is still king, and you have less than 48 hours to get it for free

  25-07-2023 23:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dungeon of the Endless is one of the first games I remember writing about, and in the nine years since its release, I've never seen or played another roguelike quite like it. So I was extra delighted to see that developer Amplitude Studios is currently giving it away on Steam.You have until 10am PT / 1pm ET on Thursday, July 27 to claim a copy of Dungeon of the Endless and keep it forever. Even if wasn't currently free, I'd still recommend it because it's every bit as fun now as it was in 2014.&
  
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• Spider-Man will take on all of New York's crime bosses in Gang War

  25-07-2023 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel has announced its next big Spider-Man crossover, titled 'Gang War,' and much like 2022's Spider-Man/X-Men: Dark Web event, Gang War is a massive story that will encompass both Amazing Spider-Man and Miles Morales: Spider-Man along with several tie-in limited series.In the story, which kicks off in November and runs through March 2024, Spider-Man leads a team of street level heroes such as Daredevil, She-Hulk, and Spider-Woman against the many super crime lords of New York City, including
  
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• Sledgehammer finally says it: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 reveal looks imminent

  25-07-2023 22:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sledgehammer Games, the developer reported to be making Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, seems to be teasing the sequel across its social media accounts.A day after the official Call of Duty Twitter account acknowledged recent Modern Warfare 3 leaks, Activision has apparently given Sledgehammer the green light to kick start the curiously delayed pre-release hype campaign with a not-so-subtle logo change.The Call of Duty sleuths over at Charlie Intel recently spotted Sledgehammer's updated logo, w
  
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• My favorite Steam Stealth Fest deal is this BioShock-inspired FPS roguelike for $9

  25-07-2023 22:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steam Stealth Fest is now live and will run until July 31, and if I could only recommend one game among the many sneaky discounts, it would be the BioShock-inspired FPS roguelike made by the studio which was founded by one of the co-founders of BioShock developer Irrational Games. That game is Void Bastards, a strategic shooter with a roguelike gameplay loop and a lovely cel-shaded aesthetic. It's 70% off for this stealth sale, dropping it to just $9. I'm spotlighting it partly because I st
  
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• David Gaider of Dragon Age fame says his next RPG isn't a "full-on RPG"

  25-07-2023 21:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider has a new game coming from his new studio, and while it is officially an RPG, Gaider says it's not the kind of RPG you're probably thinking of.Gaider revealed Summerfall Studios back in 2019 with co-lead Liam Esler, and its debut game, Stray Gods, is now just weeks away following a small delay intended to make room for Baldur's Gate 3. Not unlike Gaider's Dragon Age history, Esler is known for work on Baldur's Gate and Pillars of Eternity, so there's so
  
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• Deleted streaming show will finally be available to watch once more after Emmy nomination

  25-07-2023 20:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies will finally be available to watch once more after its removal from Paramount Plus – and subsequent Emmy nom.The prequel series will be available on VOD services such as Apple’s iTunes and Amazon, with each episode available for $2.99 with the full 10-episode season available for $19.99.Paramount Home Entertainment is also releasing a DVD, set for a November 7 release with more than 30 minutes of special features included in the box set.Grease: Rise of
  
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• Black Widow is the new Venom, and she's staying that way

  25-07-2023 20:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Black Widow is the new Venom - and she's probably staying that way. Natasha Romanoff has been off the board at Marvel Comics for a little while now, following the end of her most recent ongoing title in 2022. But now, along with her upcoming return in the new Thunderbolts limited series, she's taking the spotlight again - just not in a 'Black Widow' title.Instead, starting with November's Venom #27, she'll inherit the symbiote suit and become the new Venom, going on to star in the title for the
  
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• The Transformers and GI Joe come together in Skybound's Energon Universe trailer

  25-07-2023 19:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Skybound is ramping up to introduce its so-called Energon Universe with a new trailer featuring art and info about the publisher's plans for new Transformers and GI Joe comics, seen above.Skybound announced its plans for GI Joe and Transformers following the release of Void Rivals #1, a crossover event comic which sneakily brought in the Transformers and GI Joe as a surprise addition.Planned comics for Skybound's Energon Universe include a new Transformers ongoing title from writer/artist Danie
  
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• Sonic Superstars Emerald Powers: Exclusive First Look At The Full List

  25-07-2023 19:30
  
  Platform:PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC Publisher:Sega Developer:Arzest, Sonic Team Release: 2023 The announcement of Sonic Superstars sparked excitement among the fan base thanks to the return to the 2D style of gameplay found in the beloved retro entries in the franchise but complemented with gorgeous modern visuals. The game plays very much like an homage to those games that primarily lived on the Genesis, but developers Arzest and Sonic Team are add
  
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• Armored Core 6 is reportedly 50 - 60 hours long, 5 times longer than the previous game

  25-07-2023 19:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon will reportedly take 50 to 60 hours, utterly dwarfing almost every other game in the series.That's according to a new video from Fextralife, which attended a recent preview session for the upcoming mech action game and says they "were told that the game would be around 50 to 60 hours long." This play time raises a few questions. First of all, is that 50 to 60 hours to beat the game, or to do everything in the game? If it's the former, which seems unlikely bu
  
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• Exclusive: Listen To A Full Track From Stray Gods: The Role-Playing Musical Featuring Laura Bailey And Ashley Johnson

  25-07-2023 19:00
  
  
  Game Informer can exclusively reveal a full track from Summerfall Studios’ upcoming Stray Gods: The Role-Playing Musical called “Adrift.”This track features the voice of Laura Bailey (Abby in The Last of Us Part II, Mary Jane in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2), who plays protagonist Grace, a college dropout in the game’s modern fantasy world granted the power of a Muse. Grace uses this power “to find out the truth behind her predecessor’s death before time r
  
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• Square Enix wants to know what Final Fantasy 16 players want in the future

  25-07-2023 17:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Square Enix wants to know what Final Fantasy 16 players want from the game in the future.Spotted on Reddit , Square Enix has published a brand new questionnaire for its Japanese fans. This new survey is meant to be filled out by players once they've completed Final Fantasy 16, and basically asks them what they'd want from the new JRPG further down the line.Unfortunately, you can't access the questionnaire outside of Japan without a VPN, and even if you did, you'd have to write your response to t
  
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• Filming for one of 2023’s best new TV shows has shut down indefinitely

  25-07-2023 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Filming for Silo season 2 is currently on "indefinite hiatus" amid the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes.The sci-fi series, starring Rebecca Ferguson, Rashida Jones, and David Oyelowo, was shut down in the UK according to Deadline. According to the outlet, season 3 of Foundation – another jewel in Apple’s streaming crown – could also be under threat.Silo, which features a dystopian community living in an underground silo, was a smash hit upon its release in May.&
  
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• Diablo 4 player solos level 100 Nightmare Dungeon with the worst class while under-leveled

  25-07-2023 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Diablo 4 player has managed to clear a top-end dungeon using the least impressive class in the game, and what's more, they did it while being under-leveled.Having started out as the go-to class in Diablo 4, Sorcerers have since become known as the worst class in Blizzard's latest action RPG. And that was before the recent patch which saw the already unpopular calls hit with a wave of nerfs. Still, some have chosen to stick with the Sorcerer, including Diablo 4 player wunthr, who recently compl
  
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• Starfield shows it's equal parts Star Wars, Gundam, and Cyberpunk in a trio of animated trailers

  25-07-2023 17:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda just dropped a trio of animated Starfield trailers showcasing the vibes of some of the game's major settlements, and it seems the highly-anticipated RPG aims to encompass just about every sci-fi genre you can imagine.The Settled Systems - A Starfield Animated Anthology tells the dialog-free stories of characters making their way in three of the biggest Starfield cities. The animation is a bit limited, but the aesthetics are absolutely gorgeous, with anime-style character designs and imp
  
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• Diablo 4 dev overjoyed to see fans spot super subtle conclusion to a beloved NPC's story

  25-07-2023 17:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 has an adorable blink-and-you-'ll-miss-it moment, and the developer responsible for it is "overjoyed" that players are starting to notice.Senior quest designer Harrison G. Pink has shared their joy after finding out that at least one Diablo 4 player has noticed a very small but very sweet moment in the Blizzard ARPG. In their tweet, Pink attaches a screenshot from the Diablo 4 subreddit which reads: "What little things do you appreciate in this game?" For this player, spotting Anet
  
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• PS Plus grabs an eye-catching indie JRPG that's also day one on Xbox Game Pass

  25-07-2023 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Promising-looking indie JRPG Sea of Stars is coming to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue at launch later this year.Earlier today, PlayStation announced that Sea of Stars had been signed up to be part of the PS Plus Game Catalogue at launch on August 29. This is a great little get for the subscription service, which is effectively signing up one of the more eye-catching indie games of 2023. 
  Calling all turn-based RPG fans! ⚔️Sea of Stars arrives on the PlayStation Plus Game C
  
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• The Exorcist: Believer trailer puts a new spin on classic scares

  25-07-2023 17:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The trailer for The Exorcist: Believer has finally hit the internet – and it's a brand new tale of terror that pays homage to its '80s roots.In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, two schoolgirls (Lidya Jewett and Olivia Marcum) disappear in the woods and are missing for days until both are thankfully found unharmed – or so their parents think. One particularly freaky moment sees Marcum wander through a church service while screaming, "the body and the blood!" at the prie
  
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• New Armored Core 6 gameplay trailer shows off just what I've been waiting for: open areas, mech duels, and dumb bosses

  25-07-2023 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the heels of a story trailer that goes needlessly hard, Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon dropped a 12-minute gameplay preview this morning, and the upcoming mech action game is finally getting into the stuff I've been wanting to see since my hands-off preview last month.The preview, streamed on YouTube by publisher Bandai Namco, opens with exactly what we've seen so much of already: a partially enclosed industrial environment. Fortunately, our mech hero quickly hops on a launch pad and yeets
  
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• This super-stylish Metroidvania is literally filled with Doom and Gloom

  25-07-2023 16:37 via gamesradar.com
  
   2D Metroidvania Doomblade blends a hellish world with beautiful artwork and chaotic combat. The game focuses on a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains, discovered after its long imprisonment and saved by diminutive protagonist Gloom Girl. Together 'Doom and Gloom' embark on a quest to unlock Doomblade's true power that was taken from it by their capturer, thanks to fast-paced combat and a vengeance-driven story. Execute enemies with different styled attacks- while w
  
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• 7 new movies premiering at Venice Film Festival that we can't wait to see

  25-07-2023 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  The line-up for this year's Venice Film Festival is here – and it's jam-packed with premieres of some of the most exciting movies still to come this year. The program features new titles from directors including David Fincher, Wes Anderson, Michael Mann, Sofia Coppola, and Ava DuVernay, and we've outlined our top picks that we think you should be keeping an eye out for, whether you're on the Lido or not.Luca Guadagnino's Challengers, starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist, was rec
  
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• Diablo 4 players accuse Battle Pass' 666 coin reward of being "mathematically the scummiest amount Blizzard could have given"

  25-07-2023 15:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 players think the 666 Platinum payout that comes with Battle Pass is "mathematically the scummiest amount Blizzard could have given".Following the arrival of Season 1 of Blizzard's acclaimed action RPG, players were quick to discover that the Diablo 4 Battle Pass coin reward wasn't actually enough to buy even the cheapest item, let alone the next pass. But it seems this number is even more unfair than that. Over on the Diablo 4 subreddit, user jessewperez1 has pointed out why
  
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• Spider-Man 2 leads PLAY Magazine’s Hot 50

  25-07-2023 15:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  PLAY #30 is out now! And it’s time for the annual Hot 50, where we rifle through PlayStation’s sweat-inducing oven of upcoming hits to bring you the PS5 & PS4 games that need to be on your radar. While it’s a special issue, there’s much more besides as well (like plenty of retro content, and some sizzling news), but first let’s take a peek at The Hot 50…Subscribe to PLAY Magazine here to save on the cover price, get exclusive covers, and have it delivered
  
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• Disney is reportedly considering delaying major blockbusters in an early sign of strike impact

  25-07-2023 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disney could be delaying some of its films amid the SAG-AFTRA actors' strike, in an early sign of potential major release date disruption. The strike kicked off earlier in the month, joining the ongoing WGA writers' strikes, which have been in action since May. This is particularly historic as it marks the first time since 1960 that both actors and writers have been on strike. According to Bloomberg, Disney is "reviewing" its release slate for the rest of 2023, with potential delays on
  
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• Disney has delayed Poor Things – and is reportedly considering delaying more blockbusters in early sign of strike impact

  25-07-2023 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Poor Things has been delayed from its September release date – and Disney is reportedly considering delaying more of its films amid the SAG-AFTRA actors' strike, in an early sign of potential major release date disruption. The strike kicked off earlier in the month, joining the ongoing WGA writers' strikes, which have been in action since May. This is particularly historic as it marks the first time since 1960 that both actors and writers have been on strike. Variety reports that
  
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• The Walking Dead creator wanted the show to kill Rick off early – but we're so glad it didn't

  25-07-2023 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has revealed that he pushed for the TV series to kill Rick Grimes off in an early season but, thankfully in our opinion, the writers insisted the character be kept on the show. During a panel at San Diego Comic-Con recently, Kirkman recalled how he'd regularly burst into the AMC hit's writers' room and pitch the lead's death, claiming that it'd be an amusing way to "freak out" viewers. "With Walking Dead, I was much younger and much more reckless
  
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• The Boys could be about to rectify season 3's biggest omission in Gen V

  25-07-2023 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys spin-off show Gen V has just released a bloody brilliant new trailer as the gory superhero drama heads to college. Inside the two-minute look at the upcoming Prime Video series, we spotted plenty of familiar faces, including Ashley and A-Train. However, some fans seem to be convinced that another character could be about to make a return, and I've got to admit, I really hope they’re right. Around 10 seconds in, a bald character can be seen running into the glass of what seems
  
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• Starfield fans think Sarah is the best Bethesda NPC, but Skyrim fans have other ideas

  25-07-2023 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield fans are currently debating who the best NPC in a Bethesda game is, and Sarah Morgan seems to be coming out on top so far. Over on the Starfield subreddit, various fans are discussing their favorite Bethesda NPC. It seems a lot of users are in favor of Sarah Morgan taking the crown, but Skyrim and Fallout fans have also made compelling cases for other beloved characters. 
  Is Sarah Legitimately The Best-Looking NPC Bethesda Has Ever Created? If Not, Who? from r/Starfield
  "Nah.
  
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• Bloodborne's bullets secretly change size depending on who fires them

  25-07-2023 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bloodborne's bullets have disproportionate hitboxes depending on who's fired them.As uncovered by prestigious modder meowmaritus earlier this week on Twitter, enemy bullets and player bullets have different hitboxes in Bloodborne. On the left is an enemy bullet with a smaller hitbox, meaning it's technically harder to hit the player, while the on right is a player's bullet with a huge hitbox, making it easier to hit an enemy even if the bullet looks as though it missed.
  in bloodborne, the enemy
  
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• MMO fans lament reintroduction of World of Warcraft's most hated item as raid ring goes for $13,000 in gold

  25-07-2023 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  A WoW Classic player has paid the equivalent of around $13,000 to win a ring bidding war against a raid buddy, leading plenty to lament the impact of real-money trading and wonder what the recent reintroduction of WoW Tokens are doing to the in-game economy on Wrath of the Lich King Classic servers.As you’ll see from the clip below, two World of Warcraft players duke it out in text chat to earn a piece of raid loot that’s dropped from the Trial of the Grand Crusader. After a fair bit
  
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• Baldur’s Gate 3 narrator takes us behind the scenes of Larian’s D&D RPG: "Dancing eye spiders is the most normal thing I've done all day"

  25-07-2023 13:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Accompanying you on your epic quest in Baldur's Gate 3 is the narrator, played by Amelia Tyler, and with the game now weeks away from launch, the voice actor has given us a glimpse behind the scenes of Larian's D&D RPG with some highly amusing outtakes footage."If you've ever wondered what it's like to be the narrator of Baldur's Gate 3 (or any fantasy game, really)... it's a bit like this," Tyler says in the description of her Narrator Outtakes 1 video posted last month on her&nbs
  
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• This Tears of the Kingdom time-saving trick works way better than it should

  25-07-2023 13:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Generating dozens of ice platforms in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is fairly easy, and somehow doesn't crash the entire game.The standard method of generating ice platforms would ordinarily be using an ice-imbued item with a lake. The big-brained player depicted below takes it to a whole new level though, jump-attacking down a vast waterfall with an ice weapon to create dozens of ice platforms in their wake and send them plummeting down to Hyrule below. 
  Your friendly reminder
  
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• Star Wars Outlaws devs chose not to include free-flying above the game's planets

  25-07-2023 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Outlaws creative director Julian Gerighty reveals that the game will allow players to control their ship as it takes-off and pushes through the atmosphere.In an interview with Edge magazine after last month's Star Wars Outlaws gameplay preview, Gerighty states "in our past games, we didn't have vehicles, so in wrapping our heads around the different gameplay possibilities [...], we’ve had to embrace the limitations and constraints of each [type of vehicle].” In Star Wars Ou
  
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• Sandman actor has heard rumors of another Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie – and our Spidey-Senses are tingling

  25-07-2023 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sandman actor Thomas Haden Church has revealed that there are rumors about a fourth Spider-Man movie from director Sam Raimi – and that he'd like a cameo in it."There's always been some kind of… I've heard rumors… that Sam Raimi was going to do another [Spider-Man movie] with Tobey [Maguire] and if that happens, I would probably campaign to maybe at least do a cameo," Church told Comicbook.com. The actor played the antagonistic Flint Marko, AKA Sandman, in 2007's Spider-
  
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• Cillian Murphy is open to playing Ken in ultimate Barbenheimer crossover – and we want to see it

  25-07-2023 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy has said he's open to playing Ken in a potential Barbie sequel, which would usher in the ultimate Barbenheimer crossover. "Sure, yeah. Let's read the script, let's have a conversation," the actor told Cinefilos about the possibility. "I can't wait to see it. I can't wait to see the movie. I think it's great for cinema to get all these great movies happening this summer."
  ¿El meme se hace realidad? 👇🎬 pic.twitter.com/Haz3fiMmWXJuly 17, 2
  
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• Barbie’s marketing budget was reportedly bigger than the film itself, but it’s clearly been worth it

  25-07-2023 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you’ve been within a few meters radius of a movie theater recently, you will no doubt have felt the Kenergy. Seas of pink-clad cinemagoers have been attending sold-old screenings of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, giving the movie the best box office opening of 2023 so far.This has been a long time coming too, with Barbie's marketing campaign for the movie stretching back months. There were real dreamhouses on Airbnb, Ryan Gosling going method when talking about Ken, and a whole host of im
  
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• The only people happy with Twitter's makeover are Kingdom Hearts fans

  25-07-2023 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Hearts fans are the only people reacting positively to Elon Musk's recent Twitter changes which rebrands the social media platform as 'X'. Earlier this week, Twitter announced that it will now be known as 'X' and is ditching the iconic blue bird imagery associated with it. This has been a bewildering change for many, but Kingdom Hearts fans have fully embraced the change and are theorizing that Musk is secretly a huge fan of the Square Enix RPG series. As pointed out by Twitt -
  
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• Please don't take sleeping pills to get ahead in Pokemon Sleep

  25-07-2023 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Japanese website suggested Pokemon Sleep players resorted to sleeping pills to get ahead in the game, and quickly found itself in hot water.As first reported by Automaton Media, Japanese walkthrough website Game8 recently published a tips article for Pokemon Sleep. Among the suggestions was the assertion that if you're a dedicated Pokemon Sleep player, you might want to resort to sleeping pills in order to get ahead in the new game.This went down like a lead balloon with readers. Japanese play
  
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• Star Wars Outlaws' open world is designed to offer "full freedom of approach"

  25-07-2023 11:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Outlaws is trying to offer "full freedom of approach" to players in its open world.In an interview with Edge Magazine, creative director Julian Gerighty explained how the studio's approach to open world gameplay was shaped, explaining that developer Massive Entertainment is "really focusing on what 'open world' means to the player, which is full freedom of approach."Gerighty explained that philosophy via the Star Wars Outlaws gameplay preview from last Summer Games Fest. In that showca
  
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• Left 4 Dead veterans are working on a new game that sounds like another Back 4 Blood

  25-07-2023 11:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Left 4 Dead veterans at Turtle Rock are working on a brand new game, and it sure sounds suspiciously like another Back 4 Blood game.A job listing for a Senior Combat Designer was recently posted on Glassdoor for Turtle Rock, revealing a new game is in development at the studio. The studio is after someone with a love for "specifically FPS, Co-op, and Multiplayer games," and experience with "developing first person shooting and melee gameplay."There's precious few details about the new Turtle Roc
  
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• The Tears of the Kingdom community's latest masterpiece recreates Majora's Mask's wildest sidequest

  25-07-2023 01:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest jaw-dropping player creation to emerge from the Tears of the Kingdom community is an incredibly detailed recreation of one of Zelda: Majora's Mask's wildest sidequests.In a Reddit post titled, 'If u know, u know', Tears of the Kingdom player Katasan84 shows a 6-second clip of Link donning the Majora's Mask helmet as what looks like a UFO hovers just above and emits a beam of light onto the ground where a bunch of cows are walking around. Check it out:
  if u know, u know from r/tearsoft
  
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• Beast Boy becomes Starro in Titans: Beast World this November

  25-07-2023 00:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Beast Boy is one of the most popular members of the Titans, but this winter, he's going to take the form of one of the biggest villains in the DC Universe - literally - as he transforms into Starro for Titans: Beast World, a new limited event series from writer Tom Taylor and artist Ivan Reis.Billed as the "first Titans comic book crossover event," Beast World will be the Titans' first big test as the top hero team of the DC Universe, having taken over for the currently dormant Justice League.In
  
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