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• Baldur's Gate 3 devs aren't working on an expansion yet, and they're scared of high-level D&D

  07-08-2023 23:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has not yet begun to work on an expansion for the game, and while the possibility hasn't been ruled out, it seems that the studio has some trepidation about directly continuing the story."Honestly, we haven't started on an expansion," Larian CEO Swen Vincke told our friends at PC Gamer. That's partly down to the fact that, as with many tabletop D&D adventures, the Baldur's Gate 3 level cap limits your characters to level 12 to prevent them from ascend
  
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• 5 months after getting pulled from Steam, Dark and Darker finally hits Early Access through a website you've probably never heard of

  07-08-2023 23:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dark and Darker, the long-awaited PvP dungeon crawler that's faced some big uncertainties due to legal disputes, is finally coming to Early Access today through a website called Chaf Games.If you've not previously heard of Chaf Games, you're not alone. It's a pretty small indie gaming storefront whose primary business model seems to be based on a $7 USD monthly subscription similar to Xbox Game Pass. The service hosts some notable indie games - you'll probably recognize games like Overcooked 2,
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 smashes Steam record for biggest CRPG and turn-based game ever

  07-08-2023 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 has continued setting new records on Steam in the wake of its massively successful launch, with its latest peak concurrent player count beating that of every other CRPG and turn-based game by a large margin.Larian Studios' long-awaited RPG finally launched out of Early Access last week and immediately shot up the Steam charts, becoming the platforms second-biggest launch of 2023 behind Hogwarts Legacy. It then surpassed both Skyrim and Fallout 4 on Steam's list of the biggest RPG
  
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• People are debating the most unlikeable movie characters of all time

  07-08-2023 22:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Movie-watchers have taken to Reddit to discuss their picks for the most unlikeable characters of all time – and we absolutely agree.From a religious fanatic who takes advantage of a supernatural disaster to an idiot car salesman, here are the top picks.
  Mrs. Carmody – The Mist (2007)
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  Marcia Gay Harden plays Mrs. Carmody in the 2007 adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist. The film follows a father and son who find themselves trapped in a grocery store as a thick fog
  
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• Cities: Skylines 2 will launch with some great features the previous city builder sold as DLC

  07-08-2023 20:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Cities: Skylines 2 devs have just dropped a fresh round of details on the game's climate and weather systems, and it looks like some of the best features from the previous game's DLC are going to be included here as part of the base experience.Cities: Skylines 2 has a day-night cycle that ties closely with its new season system. At the default game speed, 24 in-game hours translate to just over one real-life hour, and three in-game days will see the passing of an entire season. Seasons will
  
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• William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist, dies at 87

  07-08-2023 20:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  William Friedkin, best known as the director of the highly influential horror movie The Exorcist, has died in Los Angeles aged 87. The death was confirmed by a family friend and Friedkin is survived by his wife, Lansing, and two sons.His final film is an adaptation of Herman Wouk's novel The Caine Mutiny starring Kiefer Sutherland. It's set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival in just a few weeks.Friedkin, along with Night of the Living Dead director George Romero and Halloween dire
  
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• Remnant 2 dev tells players mad about the RPG's hardcore difficulty to get good: "It's called Apocalypse" for a reason

  07-08-2023 19:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The highest difficulty setting in Remnant 2 is appropriately dubbed Apocalypse, and as thoroughly bruised players take to the game's online communities to criticize how punishing is, the folks at developer Gunfire Games have shared some choice words that will sound familiar to long-time Souls-like fans. In so many words: get good. First, a quick primer for the folks who aren't familiar with max difficulty settings in Remnant games. As a general rule, you are lucky to survive two hits on Apo
  
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• Red Dead Redemption's last-gen "conversion" has gone down about as well as you'd expect with hopeful fans

  07-08-2023 18:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Many Red Dead Redemption fans feel let down by Rockstar following the announcement that the open-world epic will be getting a re-release, but only on Nintendo Switch and PS4. After months of speculation, on August 7 Rockstar announced that a "conversion" (note: not a remake or remaster) of Red Dead Redemption was on the way, but that instead of being released for Xbox Series X/S and PS5, it's been made for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. This has gone down like a lead balloon, especially since fan
  
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• Assassin's Creed Mirage leak points to microtransactions, but fans don't seem to care

  07-08-2023 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Mirage may be bringing the series back to its roots with scaled-back environments and a focus on stealth, but one aspect of the more recent entries could also be part of Basim's adventure - microtransactions.That's according to @xj0nathan who posted an image on Twitter that suggests in-game purchases will be a part of the game. The image, taken off-screen, shows the Fire Demon Pack, seemingly a cosmetic bundle that grants Basim some demonic-style armor, a fiery sword, and a spec
  
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• The Duffer bros say Will’s Stranger Things season 5 arc will tie whole series together

  07-08-2023 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things will end with an emotional arc for Will Byers – that will tie the entire series together."Will really takes center stage again in [season] 5," Ross Duffer told Variety. "This emotional arc for him is what we feel is going to hopefully tie the whole series together. Will is used to being the young one, the introverted one, the one that’s being protected. So part of his journey, it’s not just sexuality – it’s Will coming into his own as a young man."Th
  
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• Magic: The Gathering is making sets for Fallout, Assassin's Creed, and more

  07-08-2023 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  To celebrate 30 years of Magic: The Gathering, brand-new collections based on everything from Fallout to a Wild West-themed set are coming in the not-so-distant future.Unveiled at Gen Con (the year's biggest event when it comes to the best board games), three years' worth of Magic: The Gathering sets were teased by publisher Wizards of the Coast. Over 15 different projects ended up being revealed in total, but leading the charge were various 'Universes Beyond' collections based on some of video
  
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• Fallout and Assassin's Creed are coming to Magic: The Gathering

  07-08-2023 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  As a celebration of the 30th anniversary for Magic: The Gathering, a slew of brand new sets (from Fallout to a Wild West-themed collection) were revealed. Indeed, we ended up getting info on everything we should expect up until 2026.Unveiled at Gen Con (the year's biggest event when it comes to the best board games), three years' worth of Magic: The Gathering sets were teased by publisher Wizards of the Coast. Over 15 different projects ended up being revealed in total, but leading the charge we
  
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• Modern Warfare 3 launches in November, Call of Duty dev finally confirms

  07-08-2023 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Activision Blizzard has finally confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming on November 10.The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 release date was confirmed as part of a brief new teaser trailer, which you can see below.This story is developing...
  
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• Dwayne Johnson on why Black Adam didn't change the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe

  07-08-2023 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dwayne Johnson has opened up about why Black Adam is no longer part of DC’s grand plans."I think that Black Adam got caught in a vortex of new leadership. At that time when we were creating Black Adam… there were so many changes in leadership," Johnson told Kevin Hart on the Hart to Heart show of the failed lift-off for his character in the DC universe.For context, Warner Bros. had merged into Warner Bros. Discovery after Black Adam completed filming, while James Gunn and Peter Safr
  
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• Unofficial Baldur's Gate 3 photo mode gets game director's seal of approval

  07-08-2023 17:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  There is no Baldur's Gate 3 photo mode, but I wish there was. There are some excellent cinematic moments and a few beautiful CRPG backgrounds that I wish I had the chance to explore a little closer than Steam's screenshot key lets me. Thankfully, one modder has stepped in to show off just how good some fantasy photography might look.Software engineer and photo mode connoisseur Frans Bouma (who we've spoken to before about their work on an unofficial Elden Ring photo mode) announced last week tha
  
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• This co-op building sim took my favorite part of The Sims 4 and made it into its own game

  07-08-2023 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  This upcoming building sim is the perfect mix of The Sims 4 and House Flipper, and it's out as soon as next month.If there's one thing I love, it's a good home renovation simulator. I'm a huge fan of the House Flipper series, have dabbled in The Sims 4 (and very quickly dropped it after I built my Sims' dream home), and have had a lot of fun with Hotel Renovator. Now, Hometopia is on the scene and is almost guaranteed to win me over as it features pretty much everything I love about the games li
  
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• Meg 2 features one of the wildest movie moments of the year – and people can't get over it

  07-08-2023 16:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning! This article contains spoilers for Meg 2: The Trench. If you've yet to see the movie and don't want to know anything that happens, turn back now!No one can believe that actually happens in Meg 2: The Trench. No, we're not talking about the bit where Jason Statham holds a humungous shark's jaws open with just his legs, or when Wu Jing uses a bomb made of fertilizer to blow up a giant octopus; we're talking about the bit where protagonist Jonas Taylor swims across the ocean floor with no
  
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• This compelling argument has convinced us Tom Cruise's most underrated movie may be one of his best

  07-08-2023 16:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Cruise has a pretty illustrious filmography, featuring everything from blockbuster hits like Top Gun: Maverick to cult classics like Risky Business. However, now a Redditor has been making an argument that an underrated feature is potentially one of Cruise’s best – and we’ve got to admit, it's pretty compelling reasoning.The movie in question: the 2010 action rom-com Knight and Day. Yes, really. Starring Cruise opposite Cameron Diaz, the satire directed by James Mangold may
  
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• Red Dead Redemption's Switch and PS4 “conversion” is not the PS5 remake fans were hoping for

  07-08-2023 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Red Dead Redemption is coming to PS4 and the Nintendo Switch for the first time.Announced today, Rockstar Games Presents Red Dead Redemption is a bundle of the 2010 Western RPG and its Halloween-fuelled Undead Nightmare companion. The bundle will set you back $49.99 and release on October 13.The PS4 and Switch ports are confirmed as a "conversion," rather than a remaster, and certainly aren't the Red Dead Redemption remake that some fans have been hoping for. Recent datamines have hinted that Ro
  
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• A baby went to see Oppenheimer and the internet is reeling

  07-08-2023 15:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  A baby has seen Oppenheimer, and the internet can't quite believe it. Christopher Nolan's three-hour epic is a heavy watch for an adult, let alone an infant, but nonetheless, a baby was at an Oppenheimer screening, and the internet is coping in the usual way: with lots of jokes. "Not sure which is weirder: the fact that someone brought an actual baby to an 11.50am screening of Oppenheimer a couple of days ago, or the fact that said baby was glued to the screen throughout, didn't cry an
  
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• Bloodborne's famous 60fps mod is now running on an actual PS5

  07-08-2023 15:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Bloodborne 60fps mod from a celebrated modder within the community is now running on an actual PS5. Much to the dismay of Souls fans everywhere, Bloodborne is capped at 30fps, even on new hardware. Eager to right this wrong, Lance McDonald has been working on a 60fps patch for years, and as time's gone on, it's looked ever more glorious. Now that dream of silky smooth motion and gameplay feels super responsive and precise is finally a reality as McDonald, with the help of Illusion,
  
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• Dune 2 star calls Austin Butler's performance "chilling" – and we can't wait to see it

  07-08-2023 15:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dune: Part Two sees Austin Butler join the sci-fi franchise as Feyd-Rautha, a member of House Harkonnen and an enemy of Timothée Chalamet's Paul Atreides. And, according to his co-star Stephen McKinley Henderson, his performance as the upcoming movie's antagonist is "chilling" to watch."[Butler] played a character that was not very happy with me at all, and he was quite chilling, and I was giving him back the looks," McKinley Henderson told Purdue University's podcast, This is Purdue. "Bu
  
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• How to watch the Pokemon Presents livestream

  07-08-2023 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's almost time for The Pokemon Company to show everyone what it's been working on, so here's how to watch the Pokemon Presents show happening on August 8. Last week, The Pokemon Company announced that it will be hosting a 35-minute long Pokemon Presents livestream that will feature news and announcements about the beloved Nintendo franchise. The showcase is set to take place on August 8 at 6AM PT / 9AM ET / 2PM BST and can be watched via the official Pokemon YouTube channel. As alway
  
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• We can't stop laughing at The Bear star's review of Empire Strikes Back

  07-08-2023 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Bear star Ayo Edebiri has shared her review of The Empire Strikes Back – and it's absolutely hilarious. On her Letterboxd, Edebiri wrote of the movie: "This movie is great but I was really shocked by how ugly Yoda was sorry if that pisses anybody off but I had only seen baby Yoda and adult Yoda is fucking busted."Baby Yoda, AKA Grogu, is, of course, completely adorable, so we can see why Yoda's more wizened visage might come as a shock. We prefer to think of him as distinguished r
  
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• Greta Gerwig's team refused to agree to Barbie 2 before the movie came out – and now it's hit $1 billion

  07-08-2023 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Barbie has now made $1 billion at the box office – and there's no sequel on the horizon. Neither writer-director Greta Gerwig nor her co-writer (and real-life partner) Noah Baumbach has a contract for Barbie 2, but that doesn't mean the studio hasn't tried to convince Gerwig. According to The Hollywood Reporter, though, Warner Bros. tried to get the ball rolling a few months prior to the movie's release – but Gerwig's team turned them down and wanted to wait until the film hit t
  
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• This glorious fan creation gives us a glimpse of what The Witcher 1 remake could look like

  07-08-2023 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  This glorious fan creation has us more excited than ever for The Witcher 1 remake.Last year CD Projekt Red delighted Witcher fans with the news that a fully-fledged remake of The Witcher, the first entry in the RPG series, is on the way. Still, it seems you'll be able to get through the original a fair few times before the new version, with all of its modern bells and whistles, arrives as, according to CD Projekt CEO Adam Kiciński, The Witcher remake won't launch until after The Witcher 4,
  
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• Sci-fi D&D rival Starfinder is getting a revamp

  07-08-2023 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfinder, the sci-fi tabletop RPG and rival to D&D, is getting something of a facelift next year with a second edition.Seemingly due to launch at some point toward the end of 2024 (which is also when Starfinder's fantasy equivalent, Pathfinder, is being reworked), this revamp will offer a revised look at the game's classes along with what are presumably quality-of-life updates to the rules. And even though its launch may seem like a long way away, don't think you'll have to wait until next
  
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• Diablo 4 devs considering more social features that might actually give it an MMO feel

  07-08-2023 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's dev team is considering adding more social features, which could finally turn the Blizzard RPG into an actual MMO.As reported by Icyveins, Diablo 4's community manager Adam Fletcher has discussed the possibility of more social features heading to the Blizzard game. After a fan asked if the developers could add a community chat to Diablo 4, Fletcher replied: "Yeah - We have received a lot of requests for some additional social features that I know the team is thinking about."Right now,
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 quietly references a heart-wrenching Final Fantasy 14 moment from 8 years ago

  07-08-2023 12:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like Baldur’s Gate 3 is the latest in an increasingly long line of games to refer to everyone’s favorite critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy 14.Over the weekend, oodles of fans took to social media to share a screenshot of a certain quest. To some, "Folk Hero: A Smile Better Suits" is a fairly standard name for a mission, though not to Final Fantasy 14 fans. "There's no running from the critically acclaimed MMORPG is there?" One warrior of light says. Another adds, "
  
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• The Witcher community is arguing over who's the main character, but the author already made it pretty clear

  07-08-2023 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Debate is nothing new for The Witcher community, whether it's sharing our thoughts on Henry Cavill's recasting or reacting to news of a new book on the horizon. However, one of the age-old disagreements among fans is over who the protagonist of the popular saga is.Given its title is literally The Witcher, you'd be forgiven for thinking that maybe the answer was obvious. In reality, though, it's a bit more complicated. In the books by Andrzej Sapkowski, which both the show and the games are based
  
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• Meg 2 blows Oppenheimer out of the water in impressive box office debut

  07-08-2023 12:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Turns out, Meg 2: The Trench is just as concerned with big box office takings as it is big sharks. Despite negative reviews and a limited press tour due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, the sci-fi action sequel officially beat out Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer for the number two spot during its opening weekend, taking $30 million in the US, as opposed to the acclaimed historical epic's $28.7 million. Internationally, Meg 2 fared even better, pulling in $142 million. Its predecessor, The Meg, made
  
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• Starfield preload date gets leaked by Amazon, and it's sooner than you're probably expecting

  07-08-2023 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield fans may be able to preload Bethesda's upcoming RPG in just a couple of days, ahead of its September release date. As spotted by this Reddit user (via Gamescout), an Amazon listing for Starfield has revealed that excited players will be able to preload the game as soon as August 9, 2023 - that's a little less than a month before the game is set to release on September 6, 2023. "Pre-load after 08/09/2023," the Amazon listing reveals, "game will be playable after 09/06/2023."Bethesd
  
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• As Counter-Strike 2 draws near, esports fans take a moment to say goodbye to CS:GO

  07-08-2023 11:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  CS:GO fans held a moment of silence to wave goodbye to the iconic FPS game at a recent esports event.We’ve just wrapped up IEM Cologne 2023, with outfit G2 Esports taking the win to become back-to-back champions. The event saw oodles of highlights, though one of the more wholesome ones saw fans wave goodbye to the game that has given them so many highlights in the esports arena. Thankfully, goodbye is just ushering in a new era in this case. As Counter-Strike 2 draws closer to release
  
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• Suicide Squad director boosts hopes for Ayer Cut

  07-08-2023 11:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Suicide Squad director David Ayer has boosted hopes for the Ayer Cut's release, as it seems James Gunn is onboard with releasing it eventually. Ayer maintains that the theatrical version of Suicide Squad was "ripped to pieces" and has said before that his director's cut would feature "terrifying" scenes of Jared Leto's Joker. After posting a picture of Leto's take on the Clown Prince of Crime, the director then addressed hopes for the Ayer Cut's release once more. "What's your advice o
  
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• You might not be watching Guardians 3 the right way – and James Gunn has some advice for you

  07-08-2023 11:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is now streaming on Disney Plus and, sorry to say, you might not be watching the version recommended by director James Gunn.If you head on over to the Disney Plus landing page for Guardians 3, you’ll be met with two versions: IMAX Enhanced and Widescreen.While ‘Enhanced’ certainly sounds like the right pick – presenting the cosmic threequel in IMAX’s 1:190 aspect ratio – it’s not actually Gunn’s preferred method of watchin
  
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