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• TMNT's gritty God of War-style Last Ronin game is officially in development for next-gen consoles

  11-08-2023 23:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  After the vague announcement of what seemed like little more than a licensing agreement earlier this year, we now know that TMNT: The Last Ronin is in development for PC and next-gen consoles under publisher THQ Nordic."Who is the Last Ronin?" the game's official blurb asks. "In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks on a seemingly hopeless mission seeking justice for the family he lost." That's basically the plot of the original comic series, so no new details t
  
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• After 17 years, one of Diablo's most beloved successors is getting a sequel

  11-08-2023 22:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Titan Quest 2 was announced as part of publisher THQ Nordic's latest showcase stream, and is set to bring the beloved action-RPG back for a new generation.The original 2006 Titan Quest took the kill monsters, get loot, kill more monsters formula popularized by Diablo into the realm of Greek mythology. It's a classic-style ARPG through and through, and is one of the most beloved entries in the genre, to the point that it got a 2016 remaster that was popular enough to get its own series of brand-n
  
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• Thanos takes on the Illuminati in a new solo book, also steals a truck

  11-08-2023 22:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Thanos will grapple with Iron Man, Doctor Strange and more of Marvel's biggest names in a new solo book launching this November.The new four-issue series, written by Chris Cantwell and drawn by X-Men: Before The Fall artist Luca Pizzari, sees a new line-up of the Illuminati invoke the wrath of the Mad Titan when they hide something that he will go to any length to retrieve.The heroes involved in this latest incarnation of Marvel's secret society of superheroes are a mixture of old and new recrui
  
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• Hamilton has an official Roblox game and I'm just about ready to throw away my shot

  11-08-2023 19:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hamilton Simulator is a Roblox game officially licensed from the hit musical which sees you collecting the founding fathers with the best DPS ratings in order to have them sing at redcoats until they explode into coins.Yeah, I'm just as confused as you are. As with any Roblox game you can go out and try it for yourself for free, but unless you're a Roblox dieheard I'm gonna bet that the 29-second trailer below is all you'll need to see. Just seeing the idea of the musical boiled down to a game t
  
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• Blue Beetle first reactions call it a massive win for DC

  11-08-2023 19:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first reactions to Blue Beetle are now in, and people are (mostly) raving about DC's latest superhero flick.The latest from DC follows Jaime Reyes as he finds himself becoming a reluctant superhero named Blue Beetle. After the recent college graduate returns to his hometown of Palmera City, he is chosen as a symbiotic host to an ancient alien relic called the Scarab. This grants him a powerful exoskeleton armor, which becomes very useful when some new supervillains arrive in town.Cobra Kai's
  
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• John Wick producers made two key requests to the creators of spin-off The Continental

  11-08-2023 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The world of John Wick is returning this fall with The Continental, a prequel TV show that will focus on a young Winston. The future New York hotel manager is played by Ian McShane in the movies, but in the series, Colin Woodell steps in to portray the character. The show will also deepen our understanding of the world of Wick, as director Albert Hughes tells the new issue of Total Film magazine, which is out on newsstands on Thursday, August 17. Two asks from the John Wick producers,
  
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• New Star Wars footage shows Ahsoka training Sabine Wren

  11-08-2023 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  New Ahsoka footage has showcased Ahsoka Tano helping Sabine Wren with her lightsaber skills. In the teaser, which you can watch below, Ahsoka can be seen fighting Sabine with wooden sticks, while Sabine's eyes are covered by a helmet. It's an echo of Sabine's Darksaber training in Star Wars Rebels, when Kanan Jarrus helped her master the weapon (Sabine herself is not Force-sensitive). Plus, we also see Sabine putting her lessons to good use in a battle with new villain Shin Hati &ndash
  
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• Quake 2 is setting a new gold standard for remasters that's leagues ahead of other "conversions"

  11-08-2023 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  The sudden release of a remastered edition of Quake 2 had been rumored for some time, but the final product has delivered a range of enhancements and options that go well beyond what we've come to expect from other retro rereleases.The remastered edition of Quake 2 launched on pretty much every modern platform, with crossplay across all of them. The game supports each platform's peak graphical capabilities, all the way up to PS5 and Xbox Series X's oft-forgotten 4K 120FPS modes. It even supports
  
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• The Marvels director thinks superhero fatigue exists – but aims to stand out with a "wacky" sequel

  11-08-2023 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  "I think superhero fatigue absolutely exists," The Marvels director Nia DaCosta tells Total Film magazine in the new issue, which is out on newsstands on Thursday, August 17. But try telling the Captain Marvel sequel that. The cosmic caper, which features Brie Larson's high-flyer teaming up with Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) and Photon (Teyonah Parris), aims to stand out from the pack by embracing its silly side."The biggest difference from the other MCU movies to date is that it’s really
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3's most popular class is Paladin and 65% of players "veer on the side of good" – I'm so proud of this community

  11-08-2023 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The most popular class in Baldur's Gate 3 so far is Paladin, and I don't think it's a coincidence that most players are also roleplaying as the good guys. Developer Larian Studios released a handy infographic about the mammoth RPG's opening weekend earlier today. Among other things, it confirms the popularity of Paladin, which I speculate is due to the reasons I also chose the class for my custom character: it's durable, it's got healing, it can use a lot of different weapons, and it can fi
  
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• 368 Baldur's Gate 3 players defied D&D logic to complete the game in just four days

  11-08-2023 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  368 players finished Baldur's Gate 3 over its opening weekend, defying the natural laws of Dungeons & Dragons.If you know anything at all about D&D, you'll probably know it takes bloody forever to get a group together to actually play the damn game - even more so if you're an adult with adult responsibilities, like a job. Somehow, 368 Baldur's Gate 3 players managed to defy this logic and complete the massive RPG in the first few days after launch.
  Last weekend, you played 1225 years of
  
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• Larian is "working towards" Baldur's Gate 3 patch 1

  11-08-2023 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Larian says it's working on Baldur's Gate 3 patch 1, but that it won't be revealing the game's roadmap. In a community announcement, the studio said that it has "a roadmap for hotfixes and patches," thanking players and developers for their work in finding and fixing bugs and other issues. Larian goes on, however, to say that it won't be publishing a roadmap for any of those fixes or patches "because we need the freedom to push and pull things around when the unforeseen happens without lock
  
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• Marvel fans share love for the most underappreciated show

  11-08-2023 17:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel fans are sharing the love for Moon Knight, one of the most, if not the most, underappreciated MCU series.The show saw Oscar Isaac make his MCU debut as Marc Spector AKA Steven Grant AKA Moon Knight who gets thrown into the lore that surrounds Ancient Egypt and finds himself linked to a vengeful deity named Khonshu (voiced by F. Murray Abraham). Created by The Umbrella Academy's Jeremy Slater, the series consisted of just six episodes and could potentially cross over into the MCU films &nd
  
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• How to watch Jujutsu Kaisen in order (TV series and movie)

  11-08-2023 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you’re getting into the anime late, chances are you might not quite know how to watch Jujutsu Kaisen in order. There are two seasons, sure, but there’s also a movie – confusingly titled Jujutsu Kaisen 0 – sandwiched in-between.With prequels galore and a back-and-forth story to grapple with, it might be hard for newcomers and veterans alike to get to grips with the chronological stories of Yuji, Nobara, Megumi, Geto, and Gojo.To help, we’ve put together two Jujuts
  
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• Marvel fan has a Loki theory that makes Key Huy Quan's jumpsuit the key to the show

  11-08-2023 16:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Marvel fan is convinced Ke Huy Quan's new MCU character will be the key to saving the universe in Loki season 2, thanks to a blink-and-you'll-miss-it detail in the show's official trailer.As first pointed out by ScreenCrush, when Quan's OB is introduced in the promo, he's wearing a jumpsuit that has an interesting-looking logo on it. On closer inspection, the symbol looks like an ouroboros, typically depicted as a serpent or a eating its own tail, which represents an infinite loop. The ancie
  
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• Marvel fan has a Loki theory that makes Key Huy Quan's jumpsuit is the key to the show

  11-08-2023 16:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Marvel fan is convinced Ke Huy Quan's new MCU character will be the key to saving the universe in Loki season 2, thanks to a blink-and-you'll-miss-it detail in the show's official trailer.As first pointed out by ScreenCrush, when Quan's OB is introduced in the promo, he's wearing a jumpsuit that has an interesting-looking logo on it. On closer inspection, the symbol looks like an ouroboros, typically depicted as a serpent or a eating its own tail, which represents an infinite loop. The ancie
  
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• Marvel fan has a Loki theory that makes Ke Huy Quan's jumpsuit the key to the show

  11-08-2023 16:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Marvel fan is convinced Ke Huy Quan's new MCU character will be the key to saving the universe in Loki season 2, thanks to a blink-and-you'll-miss-it detail in the show's official trailer.As first pointed out by ScreenCrush, when Quan's OB is introduced in the promo, he's wearing a jumpsuit that has an interesting-looking logo on it. On closer inspection, the symbol looks like an ouroboros, typically depicted as a serpent or a eating its own tail, which represents an infinite loop. The ancie
  
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• Rockstar joins forces with one of the biggest names in GTA RP

  11-08-2023 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar is joining forces with one of the biggest names in GTA RP, and fans are now wondering what it means for GTA 6.On August 11, Rockstar announced that it had acquired Cfx.re - the team of modders behind GTA and Red Dead Redemption's biggest RP servers, FiveM and RedM. In a statement, Rockstar said: "Today, we are proud to announce that Cfx.re [...] are now officially a part of Rockstar Games.""Over the past few years, we've watched with excitement as Rockstar’s creative community hav
  
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• The Witcher producer may have let slip how the show is recasting Geralt, but the community isn't sold

  11-08-2023 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  By now, it's likely that we all know Henry Cavill's days as Geralt of Rivia are over, with Liam Hemsworth taking over the role for The Witcher season 4. How this recasting is going to be addressed in the Netflix series still remains unknown, but producer Tomasz Bagiński may have let something slip. "Many book readers forget what Andrzej Sapkowski did in the fifth volume of the saga. For me, this is one of the most important things in the whole story," Bagiński said in a recent int
  
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• Superhero life begins at 50 in new Image series Midlife

  11-08-2023 16:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest comic from No/One writer Brian Buccellato proves that it's never too late to be a hero. Midlife (Or How to Hero at Fifty!) is a new ongoing series from Image about a middle-aged firefighter who discovers that he has a surprising superpower.The series, which is drawn by Stefano Simeone, follows 50-year-old firefighter Ruben Kwan. Despite his job, Ruben is terrified of fire and he's spent most of the last 25 years as a pencil-pusher for the LAFD. When his wife falls pregnant, however, R
  
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• Brie Larson returns as Captain Marvel in our exclusive new look at The Marvels

  11-08-2023 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  When Captain Marvel made over a billion dollars at the box office back in 2019, a sequel was made a certainty. Four years later, that follow-up finally arrives – and to make up for any lost time, Brie Larson's hero is returning with extra firepower; she's joined by her famous fan Ms. Marvel and WandaVision's Monica Rambeau. Together, they are The Marvels, which happens to be the title of this quasi-sequel to Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, WandaVision, and Secret Invasion (did we mention
  
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• Metroid Dread studio working on two unannounced games

  11-08-2023 15:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metroid Dread's developer is seemingly working on two unannounced games.As first reported earlier this week by Twisted Voxel, Nordisk Games recently published its annual fiscal year report for its shareholders. Among the details unveiled in the report was that Mercury Steam, a studio owned by Nordisk Games, is working on two unannounced games.We know that one of these games is an action-RPG set in a dark fantasy world. It was actually announced by publisher 505 Games, which revealed this detail
  
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• Fast X director clarifies Vin Diesel’s Fast & Furious finale trilogy comments: "It’s one step at a time"

  11-08-2023 14:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  With a scene-stealing performance from Jason Momoa and car chases to rival even the most bizarre Fast & Furious moments, Fast X was a huge hit when it raced onto our screens earlier this year. Now as the movie prepares to make its at-home debut, we caught up with director Louis Leterrier about how he and Vin Diesel worked together to create the tenthquel.In particular, Leterrier offered some clarity on what exactly the Dominic Toretto star meant by those extra movie comments. The director is
  
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• Everyone is loving this new horror movie about Dracula on a boat - including Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro

  11-08-2023 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last Voyage of the Demeter has finally docked into cinemas in the US, and its arrival has sparked a boat-load of hilarious Dracula memes. While the horror-thriller has received mostly negative reviews, social media users are reveling in its not-so-novel premise, which sees a ship's crew terrorized by a vampiric stowaway. Based on 'The Captain's Log', a chapter from Bram Stoker's 1897 book Dracula, the movie stars Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, and The Booge
  
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• See the moody official first look at Wednesday star Jenna Ortega's new movie

  11-08-2023 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first look at Wednesday star Jenna Ortega's new movie is here, and it's got us intrigued. The film, titled Finestkind, is directed by Brian Helgeland and will have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival. In the picture, which you can see below (courtesy of TIFF), Ortega stands on a boat with three men (Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Tommy Lee Jones). The characters are said to be "a team who tread dangerous waters after their debts start piling up." They're all lookin
  
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• I can't look away from this deeply cursed Wolverine 'cameo' in a deleted Fantastic Four scene

  11-08-2023 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  An old deleted scene from 2005’s Fantastic Four is doing the rounds – and it gives us a deeply cursed glimpse at an MCU-style crossover before Phase 1 was even a glint in Kevin Feige’s eye.The scene in question features Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) speaking to Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) about her wanting a "stronger man." To illustrate his point he stretches (I guess? Try not to think about it too hard) into Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. See the horrifying results for yourself
  
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• Diablo 1.1.2 patch notes expected later today ahead of update next week

  11-08-2023 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shortly after revealing the Diablo 4 1.1.2 hotfix is coming "very soon", Blizzard has said the update's patch notes are due later today.On August 10, Diablo 4 community development director, Adam Fletcher, let fans know that an update on the game's latest hotfix will be shared tomorrow on August 11. "Tomorrow we will have a preview of the 1.1.2 patch notes for #DiabloIV to share," Fletcher wrote yesterday, "mostly some bug fixes but we expect this patch next week." Unfortunately, we don't h
  
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• Borderlands 4 seemingly confirmed by voice actor and producer

  11-08-2023 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  An actor has listed 'Borderlands 4' on their resume, while a producer has revealed the sequel was slated to launch this year.The resume belongs to actor Angie Jho Lee, who Borderlands fans noted had quite the interesting entry in the 'Voice Over' section of her roles. Not only does Jho Lee outright list 'Borderlands 4' in that section, but she also reveals she's taking on the role of a character called "Aiyumi."Jho Lee actually isn't the only creative to casually mention Borderlands 4 in their b
  
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• After 27,000+ Steam reviews, Overwatch 2 is graded as 'Overwhelmingly Negative'

  11-08-2023 12:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Overwatch 2 has launched to 'Overwhelmingly Negative' Steam user reviews.Blizzard's shooter sequel might've first launched on all systems last year, but it was only ever available on Battle.net via PC - until now. Yesterday, August 10, saw the Steam launch of Overwatch 2, and user reviews so far really haven't been kind to Blizzard's sequel.There's a staggering 25,576 user reviews of Overwatch 2 right now on Steam, and the aggregate is coming in at 'Overwhelmingly Negative.' Reading through the
  
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• The DC community don't know what to believe about Wonder Woman 3 anymore, and we don't blame them

  11-08-2023 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  No one really knows what's going on with Wonder Woman 3, and it has the DC community in turmoil. Gal Gadot has said she is developing a third movie with James Gunn and Peter Safran, and recently again claimed that a threequel was going ahead with her in the starring role. "I was invited to a meeting with James Gunn and Peter Safran and what they told me, and I’m quoting: 'You're in the best hands," she commented. "'We're going to develop Wonder Woman 3 with you. [We] love you as Wonde
  
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• Weeks before launch, Starfield fans are embroiled in a pre-emptive save-scumming debate

  11-08-2023 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield fans are already debating whether they'll be "save-scumming" their first playthrough of the new RPG.The question was first posited on Reddit, asking fellow Starfield fans whether they'd be repeatedly reloading save files to undo disastrous situations, or just venturing forward no matter the consequences. Save-scumming isn't just a thing in games like Hitman - it's a very present and active part of games with branching narratives and choices like Starfield.
  Will you be save-scumming or
  
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• We’re one step closer to the Starfield gaming PC of my dreams, thanks to AMD

  11-08-2023 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Brace yourselves Bethesda fans, as AMD is set to give away limited edition Starfield graphics cards and CPUs. Specifically, the chip maker is bundling together Radeon RX 7900 XTX models with a custom shroud with AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processors, and I reckon both will make for an out of this world Starfield rig. If you’ve been keeping up with Starfield shenanigans, you’ll know what system requirements for the game are almost an AMD ad. That’s largely because the gaming PC gi
  
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• Pedro Pascal tried to go to an exhibition about himself – but it was closed

  11-08-2023 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  We’ve all been there, right? You try to go to an art exhibition about yourself and find out it’s closed. Annoying! Pedro Pascal suffered the same fate as he tried to visit an art gallery running a Pedro Pascal show, but soon discovered it was shut on Sundays.ADHD Hyperfixation & Why It Looks Like I Love Pedro Pascal, by Heidi Gentle Burrell, was displayed at the Rhodes Art Gallery in Margate, England. Pascal – visiting with fellow actor Russell Tovey – had to instead
  
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• Animal Crossing: New Horizons player discovers criminally easy way to make thousands of Bells

  11-08-2023 11:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been over three years since the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but players are still finding surprising tips and tricks hidden in the game.As first spotted by Kotaku, one Animal Crossing player over on Reddit has shared a lesser-known money-making scheme that doesn't require much trickery or glitching - just the ability to sleep at night with a guilty conscious. The player in question can be seen below selling their island's donation box to Timmy and Tommy of Nook's Cranny for an
  
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• I regret to inform you I seduced Baldur's Gate 3's most unhinged romance option

  11-08-2023 11:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's no secret by now that Baldur's Gate 3 has a… robust set of romance options, but if you thought Halsin's Wild Shape sex scene was impressive, I'm here to tell you that you've seen nothing yet.This article touches on major spoilers for the entirety of Baldur's Gate 3.As Baldur's Gate 3 progresses, you'll develop a partnership with a Mind Flayer. Yep, one of those tentacled-faced meanies will join your side, offering their assistance through the Astral Plane. Unlike the rest of the Mind
  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's last-gen release remains uncertain

  11-08-2023 11:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a lot of uncertainty about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's launch platforms going around.The speculation all begun yesterday on August 10, when the Twitter account seen just below noted that Modern Warfare 3 might not be coming to PS4 and Xbox One systems. The basis of this speculation is the Xbox website listing for Modern Warfare 3, which only mentions a launch on Xbox Series X/S systems, and entirely omits any mention of the last-gen machine.
  Modern Warfare III might not be coming to
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 PC fixes will carry over to PS5, just in case you were worried

  11-08-2023 01:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5 will arrive with all of the same fixes as the PC version, developer Larian Studios has confirmed.The sequel has had a triumphant launch so far, with both critics and players praising, well, just about everything about it. It's also smashing records on Steam for concurrent players and topping the list of best-selling PS5 pre-orders. By all accounts Baldur's Gate 3 is a roaring success, but any game of its massive scope will inevitably launch with a few bugs, and even though
  
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• Gal Gadot claims James Gunn said she has "nothing to worry about" on Wonder Woman return

  11-08-2023 00:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Update:A new report pours cold water all over the idea of a Wonder Woman 3 happening any time soon.Per Variety, despite Gadot claiming she was assured by James Gunn of a sequel, there are reportedly no such plans in place at the moment. Variety, citing sources familiar with the situation, reports that a third Wonder Woman movie isn't in development film at DC Studios and nor do Gunn or Safran have plans for any Wonder Woman-related project other than the Paradise Lost prequel series at HBO Max.&
  
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