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• Jason Aaron makes his DC return with Batman

  14-08-2023 23:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Writer Jason Aaron is returning to DC for a new Batman story alongside artist Doug Mahnke and inker Jamie Mendoza, as announced by IGN. The series will mark Aaron's second time writing a story in the mainstream DC Universe following 2008's Joker's Asylum: Penguin one-shot.Though he's mostly been associated with Marvel Comics for some time, including extended stints on the X-Men and Avengers franchises, Aaron made his name in comics on his long running creator-owned title Scalped with artist RM G
  
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• Starfield just dropped almost 300 years of backstory ahead of the game's launch next month

  14-08-2023 22:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda has published a fairly exhaustive telling of Starfield's backstory going back almost 300 years before the events of the game.Over on Starfield's official website, you'll find a new section titled 'The Story So Far', followed by a timeline of key events from 2050 all the way to 2328, just two years before the campaign setting begins. Until now, we've known only that 20 years before Starfield's story begins, there was a war between the Settled Systems' two most powerful factions: Uni
  
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• Basic Instinct gets a steamy comic book sequel

  14-08-2023 22:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Basic instinct, one of the most intimate and infamous movies of the '90s, is getting a comic adaptation this winter through Sumerian Comics, as announced via Deadline.The comic's story, created by artist Vanessa Del Rey, writer Sam Freeman, and colorist Keyla Velario, follows up on the events of the original film, in which Sharon Stone portrays a writer named Catherine Trammel who commits a series of so-called "Icepick Murders." Her crimes inspire a new killer who take center stage in the comic.
  
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• This person watching Lord of the Rings on a flight full of soccer fans is extremely relatable

  14-08-2023 21:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  A clip of someone watching The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King on a United Emirates flight full of people watching the Women's World Cup is making the rounds online – and we get it.The clip, posted to Twitter by Australian journalist Jacqueline Felgate, sees (almost) an entire plane of soccer fans cheer for the Matildas as they advanced to the semifinals. In the center of the clip is someone catching the end of Return of the King, when Frodo wakes up after destroying the ring. The be
  
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• Cities: Skylines 2 is so realistic it simulates layoffs and homelessness

  14-08-2023 20:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Cities: Skylines 2 devs have offered some insight into how the game's economy works, simulating economics all the way down to layoffs and homelessness."We wanted to create a deep and complex system without it being too complicated for you to manage," Colossal Order explains in a new dev diary, "allowing you to spend more time building the city rather than worrying about every minute detail at every possible turn." While we'll have to wait for the game's launch to see how manageable it all re
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 dev suggests you'll soon be able to change how your character looks

  14-08-2023 20:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like Baldur's Gate 3 will soon add a feature that lets you change your character's appearance.In a reply to a Baldur's Gate 3 player desperate for just such a feature, the game's publishing director, Michael Douse, seemingly confirmed that Larian is indeed working on character redesign options. "Things are being cooked," he said.
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  Baldur's Gate 3's character creator is pretty darn deep, allowing you to customize just about everything (yes,
  
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• Surprise! Assassin's Creed Mirage is coming out a week early

  14-08-2023 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Mirage is launching seven days earlier than its previously announced released, Ubisoft has now confirmed.Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed Mirage has gone gold and is now due to launch on October 5. The game had previously been scheduled to launch on October 12.This story is developing...
  
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• 14 years later, Final Fantasy producer behind the JRPG's most obscure spinoffs asks fans to "trust" that a new chapter will arrive "one day"

  14-08-2023 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been 14 years since the last Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles game, and you'd certainly be forgiven for thinking the series is over and done with, but according to producer Akitoshi Kawazu, that isn't the case.Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this month, and Kawazu marked the occasion with a post on the Final Fantasy website (thanks, Nintendo Life). In it, he shared his disappointment at not being able to provide fans with a new entry in the series, e
  
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• Kraven The Hunter director says it will have an unexpectedly tragic ending

  14-08-2023 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kraven the Hunter isn't your average superhero film, says director J.C. Chandor."Sony probably doesn’t want me to lead with this,” Chandor told Esquire. "but the story is a tragedy. When the final credits roll on this film, if you’ve been paying attention, you won’t have the feeling that this is all going to end great."According to Chandor, the movie is set long before Kraven and Spider-Man’s first meet; it’s an origin story about young Sergei’s relation
  
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• Cozy MMO Palia is proving anything but relaxing for fans

  14-08-2023 18:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cozy MMO Palia is now available in public beta, and although fans have wasted no time getting their best fantasy lives started, there have been a few complaints.On August 10, Palia finally entered open beta and so opened itself up to all players for the first time ever. So far, the game has received mixed reactions, with some cozy gaming fans praising its visuals, NPCs, character creator, and more. There have, however, been some teething issues that have been shared in abundance over on the game
  
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• CRPGs reign supreme as Baldur's Gate 3 becomes Metacritic's highest-rated PC game of all time

  14-08-2023 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  CRPGs reign supreme, as Baldur's Gate 3 tops Metacritic's chart for the highest-rated PC game ever.As you can see if you peruse Metacritic, Baldur's Gate 3 now sits at the very top of the list of the best-rated PC games of all time. Larian's new sequel has taken over the top honors spot from none other than Disco Elysium, meaning there are two CRPGs at the top of the list.As you've probably heard countless times by now, it's worth noting that many more scored Baldur's Gate 3 reviews will come in
  
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• Stardew Valley creator announces official cookbook for the hit farm life sim

  14-08-2023 16:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The creator of Stardew Valley is releasing an official cookbook which will be full of recipes from the farming sim. As spotted by GameSpot, you can now pre-order The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook which is set to release on April 16, 2024. As you can probably guess, the entire book is full of recipes taken directly from the game such as Pumpkin Soup, Complete Breakfast, Farmer's Lunch, Crab Cakes, Strange Bun, Roots Platter, Pink Cake, and much more. The book is currently available from A
  
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• Xbox ad accidentally includes Final Fantasy 7 Remake, which isn't an Xbox game

  14-08-2023 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox fans appear to have been sadly fooled by an advert showing Final Fantasy 7 Remake associated with Xbox Series X/S.August 13 marks Father's Day in Brazil if you didn't already know, and Xbox's social media manager for fans in the country created a new graphic to celebrate the day. The trouble is, they appear to have accidentally included Final Fantasy 7 Remake in the new graphic for Father's Day, a game that definitely isn't on Xbox platforms.
  Xbox Brazil posted this, AND then deleted It
  
  
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• Ted Lasso director hints that spin-offs are coming - but not until at least 2025

  14-08-2023 16:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ted Lasso might be over, but spin-offs may very well be on the way."Everybody knew it was the end, but it’s also the end for now. It’s going to be two or three years before anything happens – if anything happens," director Declan Lowney told The Hollywood Reporter.Added Lowney: "You know, I think that it [could have] kept going, but it had done its thing – the three-season arc, that was the deal, that was what [Jason Sudeikis] wanted. But I feel there’s somethi
  
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• Diablo 3's final season goes all-out with a new single-player mode and quality-of-life changes fans have always wanted

  14-08-2023 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  After 11 years, Diablo 3 is getting its final new season, and it seems that Blizzard has saved one of the best for last. The majority of Diablo players have now moved onto the fourth instalment in the acclaimed action-RPG series, but its predecessor, Diablo 3, still has one more season up its sleeve. Dubbed Visions of Enmity, Season 29 sees the introduction of a Solo Self Found mode, a feature fans have long been asking for, an overhaul of the Paragon Points system, Class balance updates, a
  
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• The Parks and Rec cast's picket line reunion included Li'l Sebastian

  14-08-2023 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The cast of sitcom Parks and Recreation reunited on the SAG-AFTRA and WGA picket line this past weekend – with a fan-favorite four-legged companion in tow.Li'l Sebastian, the miniature horse who took the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana, by storm, first appeared in the sitcom in season 3, when Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) brings him back for the local Harvest Festival. He passed away in the season 3 finale – with Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt) penning the song '5000 Candles in the Wind' in
  
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• Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson calls new horror film "the best he's seen in years"

  14-08-2023 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Peter Jackson is a big fan of Talk to Me. The Lord of the Rings director gushed about the new Aussie horror in a statement to Ahi Films (via Newshub) recently, describing Michael and Danny Philippou's feature-length debut as "relentlessly scary and disturbing – in the best possible way.""Talk to Me isn't just good – it's very very good. The best, most intense, horror movie I've enjoyed in years," New Zealand-born filmmaker Jackson, who started out in comedy horror before di
  
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• Twisted family secrets are revealed in Dark Ride #8

  14-08-2023 15:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Joshua Williamson and Andrei Bressan's theme park-set horror comic Dark Ride is nearing the conclusion of its second arc.Following the cliffhanger at the end of the previous issue, Dark Ride #8 finds the Dante family in disarray as Halloween and Sam vie for control of their father's amusement park, Devil Land. Meanwhile, Summer has hit rock bottom in her search for the truth about what really happened to her brother. The only person who seems to hold the answers is Arthur Dante, but his schemes
  
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• Goose's scenes in The Marvels were filmed with Brie Larson's stunt double – because she's allergic to cats

  14-08-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's not much Captain Marvel can't do; Avengers: Endgame proved she's one of the MCU's strongest heroes. But there's one thing she – well accurately, Brie Larson – isn't so great at, and that's being in the same room as a cat. Due to the actor's allergies, the majority of scenes Carol Danvers shares with her moggy mate Goose were filmed with a stunt double. The others, animal trainer Jo Vaughan tells Total Film magazine in the new issue out on August 17, were captured using h
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 speedrun world record already sits at just ten minutes, thanks to tonnes of jumping and a magical nuke

  14-08-2023 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Baldur's Gate 3 player has managed to beat the entire game in just over 10 minutes, and it's all thanks to heaps of bouncing around.Baldur's Gate 3 might take most players between 75 and 100 hours to beat, but it can now be beaten in 10 minutes and three seconds, if you do exactly as the player below does. YouTuber 'Mae' has managed to finish Larian's new adventure by exploiting the game with a hell of a lot of jumping - and even skipping out an entire act.What's key to this run is Gale castin
  
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• Yes, Winnie the Pooh will wield a chainsaw in this horror sequel

  14-08-2023 13:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Somehow, the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey horror sequel sounds even wilder than the original movie – and that's saying something. In a new interview, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield revealed that Winnie is levelling up his gore game in the sequel. "In the sequel, Winnie the Pooh will have a chainsaw," Frake-Waterfield told CinePOP. "I'm going to introduce that. I'm going to make that happen."Considering the original movie saw the loveable bear (accompanied by his trusty pal Pi
  
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• Alan Wake 2 introduces a new protagonist so you can follow the plot "even if you have not played a single Remedy game"

  14-08-2023 13:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Alan Wake 2 will introduce a new protagonist so newcomers can still follow the game's plot even if they've "not played a single Remedy game."In an interview with Edge magazine (Issue 388), Alan Wake's writer Sam Lake discusses the studio's decision to introduce a new playable protagonist, Saga Anderson, alongside the famous writer, Alan Wake. If you didn't know, the sequel follows FBI agent Anderson who is investigating a string of murders in the town of Bright Falls, 13 years after Wake's disap
  
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• Diablo 4 players are still finding ways to take down Uber Lilith as quickly as possible

  14-08-2023 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 players have produced what could be the fastest Uber Lilith kill to date.The Uber version of the climactic story boss in Diablo 4 is no pushover, and that's before she was omitted from a wave of nerfs that saw the health of bosses paired back. That didn't matter one bit to the Diablo 4 player just below though, who, as first reported by Icy-Veins, has managed to obliterate Uber Lilith in just 47 seconds.And yes, it was a Necromancer using the "bone spear" build, in case you were wonderi
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 is within touching distance of snatching a Steam record from Hogwarts Legacy

  14-08-2023 12:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 has proved massively popular since it arrived on PC earlier this month, so popular in fact that it's extremely close to snatching the Steam concurrent player record held by Hogwarts Legacy.The action-RPG set in the Harry Potter universe is Steam's biggest launch of 2023, having achieved an all-time player peak of 879,308 when it arrived back in February. Now, it's got some stiff competition on its hands as, according to Steam DB, Baldur's Gate 3's concurrent player count is just
  
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• One of Netflix's best original movies is seemingly getting a surprise sequel

  14-08-2023 12:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of Netflix’s best original movies is seemingly getting a sequel – according to a tweet from its director.The Harder They Fall, the western starring Jonathan Majors as outlaw Nat Love, was released in 2021 to strong viewing figures; the film was watched for over 64 million hours in its first week according to Netflix.Now, we might be getting a sequel. Director Jeymes Samuel replied on Twitter to a fan asking for a follow-up to The Harder They Fall with two simple words: "There is.
  
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• Final Fantasy 16 draws high praise from the father of the JRPG series

  14-08-2023 12:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  The father of the Final Fantasy series has high praise for Final Fantasy 16.If you didn't already know, Hironobu Sakaguchi is often viewed as the "founding father" of the Final Fantasy series. In the years since he stopped working on the series, Sakaguchi has still remained a huge fan of Final Fantasy's modern games, and now he's got high words of praise for Final Fantasy 16, hailing it as the "ultimate fantasy" in the tweet below.
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• After Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's performance issues, the developer is having "conversations" about how often new games release

  14-08-2023 12:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Pokemon Company is having "conversations" about its future release schedule and how to maintain the quality of its games. During the Pokemon World Championships - which took place in Yokohama, Japan over the weekend - The Pokemon Company COO, Takato Utsunomiya, has spoken to ComicBook about the company's release schedule for new Pokemon games. As we all know, lately we've got a new Pokemon game every single year - sometimes twice, in the case of Pokemon Legends: Arceus and Pokemon Scarl
  
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• Across the Spider-Verse animator reveals how he made one of the movie's best scenes

  14-08-2023 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse may be one of the most distinctive and exciting animated Hollywood movies released in recent years, but the movie's final scenes are possibly its most memorable. And, now, one of the film's animators has taken us behind the scenes of his process with a Twitter thread."My last shots on Across the Spider-Verse were definitely some of the coolest challenges I've ever had to animate" Disney animation supervisor Ere Santos tweeted. 
  My last shots on #AcrossThe
  
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• New Ahsoka teaser confirms what we already suspected – Hayden Christensen is back as Anakin Skywalker

  14-08-2023 12:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Ahsoka teaser not only confirms that Hayden Christensen is back as Anakin Skywalker, but also seems to reveal that Clone Wars flashbacks will be part of the new Star Wars show. In the footage, which you can see below, a very familiar voice can be heard towards the end of the teaser. "In this war you will face more than just droids," says Christensen's Anakin in a voiceover. "As your Master, it's my responsibility to prepare you. I won't always be there to look out for you."Some additi
  
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• Shazam 2's Zachary Levi says Hollywood releases a lot of "garbage" movies

  14-08-2023 11:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shazam actor Zachary Levi has slammed Hollywood for releasing "garbage" movies – and has asked audiences to vote with their feet."I personally feel like the amount of content that comes out of Hollywood that is garbage — they don't care enough to actually make it great for you guys. They don't," Levi told the crowd at Chicago Fan Expo (H/T Entertainment Weekly).  "How many times do you watch a trailer and go, 'Oh my god, this looks so cool!' Then you go to the movie and it's lik
  
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• Genshin Impact dev says Breath of the Wild comparisons took a toll on the studio

  14-08-2023 11:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Genshin Impact has always drawn comparisons with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and now a developer has finally acknowledged said comparisons. At Genshin Impact FES 2023 in Shanghai, China last week, miHoYo Studio head Liu Wei gave a small keynote speech about the history of developing Genshin Impact, as first reported by ComicBookResources. It seems miHoYo received some negative feedback towards Genshin Impact while it was in the closed beta stage, with some testers alleging it h
  
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• Edge 388 explores Remedy’s 13-year quest to produce a survival horror masterpiece in cover game Alan Wake 2

  14-08-2023 11:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  After more than a decade in the development wilderness, Alan Wake 2 is finally (almost) ready for its closeup. So it’s fitting when we visit Helsinki to talk to the team making it that we start in a performance-capture studio. Here, we get to see Ilkka Villi (the face and body of the game’s protagonist) at work, as he makes an appearance on a late-night chat show. Meanwhile, we talk to Matthew Porretta, who supplies Wake’s voice. “This would never be done this way now, ri
  
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