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• Xbox introduces 8-strike anti-toxicity system that pretty much nobody is happy about

  15-08-2023 23:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox has introduced its new enforcement strike system, and while it seems to be a good-faith effort to help curb toxicity on the platform, pretty much nobody seems to be happy with the initial rollout."The system is similar to demerit strikes used in driver’s license systems in many countries," Xbox explains in its announcement. "For example, a player that has received two strikes will be suspended from the platform for one day, whereas a player that receives four strikes will be suspended
  
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• Someone is making a Zelda 64 mod based on the game's original beta, and this time "someone" really is anonymous

  15-08-2023 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  One fan creating a new fantastic-looking romhack for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time appears to have learned the right lessons from past fangames, as this developer has chosen to stay anonymous for now.Zelda 64 is an Ocarina of Time romhack intended to replicate the features seen in the game's pre-release materials. While the final version of the game was certainly more graphically impressive - at least by Nintendo 64 standards - the early beta versions of the game included a host of enemie
  
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• Double the Carnage equals double the fun in Marvel's latest What If? Dark one-shot

  15-08-2023 22:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  What If? Dark shows twisted versions of classic Marvel characters. But what if the character in question is already totally twisted? Well, in the case of What If? Dark: Carnage, that means doubling up on the sinister symbiote villain.In the one-shot by legendary writer Larry Hama and fan-favorite artist John McCrae, the Carnage symbiote bonds with the corpse of Cletus Kasady's long dead ancestor Cortland Kasady. We've got an early look at some unlettered preview pages which also feature Car
  
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• Bungie apologizes for Destiny 2's State of the Game with free Eververse armor and a new PvP "strike team" bringing more maps

  15-08-2023 22:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bungie is apologizing for Destiny 2's poorly received State of the Game update by offering up some free Eververse armor and a new PvP "strike team" with more maps.For the uninitiated, Destiny 2's sweeping State of the Game blog post arrived earlier this month to an almost universally upset audience, despite some genuinely promising news about several future updates. The update was unequivocally bad news for Gambit which is now all but dead, the PvP mode Crucible which won't be adding a
  
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• Star Wars Outlaws Setting Is A Dream Playground, According To Narrative Director

  15-08-2023 22:00
  
  Star Wars is no stranger to video game adaptation. In fact, depending on your age, video games may be the primary way you interact with the far away galaxy from a long time ago. Outlaws, however, represent something new for the franchise, even if it isn’t new to video games. We’ve shot from the first-person perspective in Battlefront, explored labyrinthine, Metroid-inspired levels in Respawn’s Jedi games, and even commanded armies in Empire at War, but Outlaws is the first time
  
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• A bunch of certified PS1 bangers are now available as standalone buys on PS5 for the first time

  15-08-2023 21:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a good day for PlayStation fans, as a handful of delightful PS1 classics just landed on PS5 for standalone purchase.As shared in a ResetEra thread, four PS1 games are now available on PS5 to buy without a subscription: Tekken 2, Mr. Driller, Ridge Racer 2, and Ridge Racer Type 4. Like I said, certified bangers, and you can finally just buy them from the PlayStation Store on both PS5 and PS4, whereas before they were paywalled behind the Premium and Deluxe subscriptions.All four of the afore
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 patch 1 will have over "1000 fixes and tweaks"

  15-08-2023 19:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Larian Studios has started to tease what to expect from the first major Baldur's Gate 3 patches, including more than 1,000 fixes in patch 1 alone."We're all very enthused by your feedback. It's very rewarding," Larian boss Swen Vincke says on Twitter. "Our focus now is fixing any issues you report, but we are listening to suggestions. Current roadmap: a) Hotfix 4, b) Patch 1 (+1000 fixes and tweaks), c) Patch 2. The latter will already incorporate some requests."Larian said last week that it was
  
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• Stranger Things: The Voyage takes us a long way from Hawkins

  15-08-2023 19:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Season 5 may still be a long way off, but the gateways to the Upside Down are opening once more this November, with a new Stranger Things comic from Dark Horse. Rather than taking place in Hawkins, Indiana, however, the new series is set on a boat that's about to sail into real danger.Stranger Things: The Voyage is a four-issue miniseries by writer Michael Moreci, artist Todor Hristov, colorist Francesco Segala, and letterer Nate Piekos. Marc Aspinall is handling the main cover for #1 and the th
  
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• Michael Cera's Tony Soprano impression is going viral for all the wrong reasons

  15-08-2023 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  A 12-second clip of Michael Cera doing an impression of Tony Soprano is making the rounds online – and it's... fine?"All due respect," Cera quotes, while putting on an accent that is vaguely North Jersey and just vaguely Italian enough. "You got no fucking idea what it's like being number one. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fucking thing." The out-of-context clip is from Cera's upcoming movie The Adults, a comedy-drama written and directed by Dustin Guy Def
  
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• Starfield modders-in-waiting are already paving the way for an inclusive mod community

  15-08-2023 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  With the launch of Starfield looming, the Bethesda mod community is preparing for an influx of new members and the sea of Starfield mods that is sure to follow.Nexus Mods, the site that hosts probably every mod for a Bethesda game you've ever downloaded, recently launched its Starfield hub. While, obviously, you won't find any mods to download there just yet, you will find links to a variety of community resources for prospective modders to check out, from well-populated Discords and forums to w
  
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• Fan-made Pokemon MMO finally gets the series' second region, 11 years after launch

  15-08-2023 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  11 years after it first launched, a fan-made Pokemon MMO has finally received the second region from the mainline games.Yes, there is actually a fan-made Pokemon MMO out there, and it's still going strong over a decade after release. This game is PokeMMO, and it just received the second region from the mainline Pokemon games, the Johto region, 11 years after it first debuted for PC players.
  Today the sun rises on the sacred land of Johto, one of the most anticipated additions of all time. As you
  
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• Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan are a married couple pushed to their limits in first look at new apocalyptic thriller

  15-08-2023 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan are set to star in a new apocalyptic thriller – and we now have our first look at the upcoming movie, Foe, courtesy of some exclusive photos from Vanity Fair.Set 40 years in the future, Junior (Mescal) and his wife Henrietta (Ronan) live on a rural, isolated farm. One day, a stranger (Aaron Pierre) arrives, claiming to be from the government, and tells Junior that he has to leave his home for several months to work on a space program, which has the aim of movi
  
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• Become an all-star F.A.R.T. in Moving Out 2 – out now

  15-08-2023 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  In Moving Out 2, SMG Studio and Team17's super fast and frantic moving simulator is back, this time with more chaos, more quick-witted characters, and even more hilarious humour.Out now on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, and across Xbox and PlayStation stores, Moving Out 2 brings us back to Packmore, and once again tasks us with becoming an all-star Furniture Arrangement and Relocation Technician (FART for short) – a role you can assume on your lonesome or alongside up to three friends. &nb
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3's Scratch is such a good boy that he can lick your allies back to life

  15-08-2023 17:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 sure has a lot going for it - a sprawling narrative, intricate and engrossing gameplay mechanics, an authentic D&D experience, and to top it all off, it's got an adorable NPC dog called Scratch. This lovable pooch is always up for a game of fetch and has a nose for finding hidden objects. But that's not all he can do. As pointed out by streamer Luality, Scratch is also super helpful when it comes to keeping your allies alive and kicking."Scratch is a really good boy," Lu
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will let you slow down combat for better accessibility

  15-08-2023 16:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will let players slow down combat for better control over fights.The PlayStation website has been updated with brand new details for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, where a new slate of accessibility options is revealed. Perhaps most crucially, the website reveals the gameplay can be slowed down to 70%, 50%, or 30% of the normal speed, and then switched back to full speed whenever the player wants.Elsewhere, players will be able to enable a screen reader option to read aloud all on-
  
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• Viewers are calling Netflix's new #1 show "wild" and "riveting"

  15-08-2023 16:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has a new number-one show that's shaking viewers and leaving quite an impact.Painkiller, based on the book by Barry Meier and the New Yorker Magazine article ‘The Family That Built an Empire of Pain’ by Patrick Radden Keefe, is a scripted limited series that takes on the opioid crisis in America. Per Netflix, the series is a "fictionalized retelling of events that explores some of the origins and aftermath, highlighting the stories of the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seek
  
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• Our favorite underrated rom-com series returns this month – and there's still time to catch up

  15-08-2023 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starstruck season 3, the latest installment of the BBC and Max rom-com series, finally has an official release date – and it's later this month. The third season of the show, created by and starring comedian Rose Matafeo, will arrive on the UK's BBC Three and BBC iPlayer on August 28. The first two seasons got US releases on Max, but there's no Stateside release date for round three yet. The series charts the heartwarming, heartbreaking, and tumultuous relationship between Jessie
  
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• The first trailer for Bradley Cooper's directing follow-up to A Star is Born is here

  15-08-2023 16:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for Maestro is here – and it promises a biopic told through the lens of a decades-spanning love story.It stars Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein, the legendary Broadway composer, and this is also Cooper's first time back in the director's chair since his 2018 debut A Star is Born. Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese are among the film's producers.The movie will have a particular focus on Bernstein's relationship with his wife, the Costa Rican actor Felicia Montealegre,
  
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• There's a new Batman in Gotham and it's... Harley Quinn?!

  15-08-2023 15:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Harley Quinn has a problem. Everybody still thinks of her as either the Joker's girlfriend, or as his ex, and she's sick of it. She's her own person and it's time to move out of his shadow. Luckily, she has a plan... Harley Quinn: Black + White + Redder #2 (spoilers from here on in) opens with 'Origin Stories for Dummies' by Kelly Thompson and Annie Wu. In the story, Harley kidnaps Zatanna and coerces her into using magic to grant her a new origin story. Never one to think small, she choose
  
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• Dark and Darker's latest patch discourages players from running around naked

  15-08-2023 15:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dark and Darker has a new update, and it's bad news for those that like to run around in their birthday suit. After a lengthy absence from atorefronts, the popular PvP dungeon crawler Dark and Darker finally returned last week, albeit not to Steam, but instead to a little-known indie storefront called Chaf Games. It's currently in Early Access, and following a rather rocky launch, developer lronmace is busy releasing updates and fixes to get the game running smoothly.Its latest update, hotf
  
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• Jurassic Park fan points out overlooked detail, and now everyone thinks Hammond is the worst

  15-08-2023 15:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The water vibrating in the cup on the dashboard. The velociraptor peering through the kitchen window. Jeff Goldblum's bare chest. Jurassic Park is chock-full of memorable moments that have been burned in cinema-goers' minds since its 1993 release – but according to one fan, one super important line has been overlooked over the years.After a recent rewatch of the Steven Spielberg flick, Reddit user Dlph_311 took to the platform to gush about the bit where a construction worker reveals to la
  
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• Absolutely wild werewolf horror comedy directed by Fast & Furious star gets release date

  15-08-2023 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fast & Furious star Sung Kang is making his feature film directorial debut with horror comedy Shaky Shivers – and the film finally has a US release date. The trailer, which you can watch below, sees two friends encounter all kinds of weird things on a trip to the woods, including a (fake) werewolf – and one of the girls potentially transforms into a werewolf herself – along with what looks like zombies, a magical cult of some kind, and, worst of all, a rude customer.&n
  
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• Capcom won't make a new Dino Crisis game, so a fan built one in Doom 2 instead

  15-08-2023 13:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom sure isn't making a new Dino Crisis game, so one fan went ahead and built a new one in Doom 2.Operation Ibis Island is a brand new mod for Doom 2, available to download on ModDB. A creation by user 'Laser_DooM,' this new mod basically recreates the vibes of Capcom's classic Dino Crisis across a brand new map, complete with new weapons, levels, and enemies, where things have predictably gone awry across. "Inspired by the iconic Dino Crisis game. In this thrilling map, you'll find your
  
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• One of the best Animal Crossing pastimes has been turned into a cozy bug catching game

  15-08-2023 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  This upcoming cozy game takes one of the best parts of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and gives it its own game.Indie developer (and husband and wife duo) So Peculiar is currently working on a cozy creature collecting game called Bug & Seek, which sees players take over a local bug museum as they build their collection, upgrade their skills and equipment, and explore the town of Bugburg to uncover its secrets. Just like in Animal Crossing, the game is full of real-life insects which can be ca
  
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• Tom Hanks got Austin Butler his next role after Elvis to avoid "emotional whiplash"

  15-08-2023 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Austin Butler threw himself so fully into his Oscar-nominated performance as Elvis that his co-star Tom Hanks (who played Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker) was concerned about his mental health after the movie – and offered him his next role to keep him busy. "You have immersed yourself so deeply in Elvis that, for your mental health, it would be wise to go straight into something else," Hanks reportedly told Butler (via The Times). "If you just jump off the train, you might have em
  
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• Our most-anticipated JRPG was only possible thanks to its developer's smash-hit Metroidvania

  15-08-2023 13:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the most anticipated JRPGs of the year was only possible thanks to the success of a smash-hit Metroidvania.Sea of Stars is finally out later this summer, after a pretty lengthy wait. However, in a new interview with PC Gamer - issue 387 out soon - creative director and writer Thierry Boulanger reveals that it was only thanks to the success of The Messenger that Sabotage Studio got to make the new JRPG."The Messenger dev team was seven people. This time it's around 26," Boulanger says in t
  
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• A Haunting in Venice producer on why the franchise is leaning into the supernatural: "We can't do the same thing over and over"

  15-08-2023 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kenneth Branagh's super sleuth Hercule Poirot has come face to face with his fair share of murderers on screen but in A Haunting in Venice, the upcoming chapter in the Agatha Christie-inspired movie series, he's up against something more unusual: pesky poltergeists. Well, kind of, anyway.In the new issue of Total Film magazine, which is out on newsstands on Thursday, August 17, executive producer James Prichard explains how the titular novel's nods to the paranormal are just what the franchise n
  
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• Dave Filoni teases more Ahsoka details, says it's all about mentor-student relationships

  15-08-2023 12:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahsoka will be all about "master-apprentice relationships", says writer Dave Filoni. Oh, and epic lightsaber fights, of course... Ahead of the Star Wars series landing on Disney Plus very soon, IGN released an exclusive featurette, which sees Filoni, executive producer Jon Favreau, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, and more tease what's to come from the show. "It's very much the idea of apprenticeship," adds Favreau. "The need for those two groups to come together in order to pass
  
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• Blumhouse’s new horror comedy has a killer premise, but there’s a reason why it seems so familiar

  15-08-2023 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blumhouse has unveiled the first look at its new horror comedy – but fans think it’s a little too similar to 2015’s The Final Girls.Totally Killer, starring Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Julie Bowen, and Randall Park, features the 'Sweet Sixteen Killer' returning on the 35th anniversary of their murder spree to claim another victim. After a brush with the killer, Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) accidentally travels back in time to the date of the original killings. That's not the on
  
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• Aaron Taylor-Johnson "didn't give a f*ck" about Avengers or Godzilla

  15-08-2023 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Aaron Taylor-Johnson may be taking on the lead role in Kraven the Hunter, the latest movie from Sony's Spider-Man universe (joining the likes of Venom and Morbius), but the actor hasn't always been fond of franchises. Kraven won't be his first time starring in a Marvel property, but the difference between this and the Avengers is, reportedly, that he "slightly didn't give a fuck" about the latter. "There was Kick-Ass, and then there was Godzilla and Avengers, and all those things lined up f
  
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• Christopher Nolan calls this surprise Will Ferrell comedy one of the greatest ever

  15-08-2023 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  You'll never guess which comedy Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan thinks is one of the best ever. Speaking on The Rich Eisen Show, Nolan revealed his picks for films that are "remote drops" – AKA movies he'll drop his TV controller to watch whenever they're airing. He made the comments two years ago, but they're doing the rounds online again. "Anything by [Stanley] Kubrick, you know? It's a remote drop," Nolan answered. So far, so expected. It's his choice of comedy tha
  
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• Diablo 4 trading suspended indefinitely due to gold and item duplication exploit

  15-08-2023 12:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Trading in Diablo 4 has been suspended indefinitely due to a gold and item duplication exploit.Diablo 4 fans became aware of the exploit after noticing the eye-watering amounts of gold being used to bid on items. Many reported the issue to Blizzard, and, given the devastating impact this could have on the in-game economy, the developer has quickly taken action and suspended player trading until further notice while it works on a fix. In a statement posted on the Diablo 4 subreddit, Blizzard
  
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• Fortnite players are making MMO raid encounters now, and this one is giving Final Fantasy 14 vibes

  15-08-2023 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  MMO-inspired raids are a thing in Fortnite now, apparently. Over the past weekend, one Fortnite player drew attention to an entire raid mission being available in Fortnite. The "Doomsday Raid," which you can see in action just below, is entirely a creation of the battle royale game's community, as six players can team up to try their hand at besting "The God of Exiles" in what looks like a raid straight out of Final Fantasy 14.
  so there's a #FFXIV like raid in Fortnite now pic.twitter.com/U
  
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• Starfield fans are on high alert for spoilers after official lore reveal lines up with leaks

  15-08-2023 12:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield fans are currently on high alert for spoilers after a leaker's claims appear to match up with some of the game's official lore. On August 14, Bethesda released almost 300 years of backstory for Starfield ahead of the game's launch next month. This is great for those who want to soak up as much information as they can ahead of the RPG's release, but it's got a lot of other fans worrying about potential spoilers.We're not going to discuss any of the specifics here, so don't worry, b
  
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• Armored Core 6 system requirements: Intel Arc A770 recommended for ray tracing

  15-08-2023 11:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bandai Namco just shared new Armored Core 6 system requirements, and the publisher recommends using an Intel Arc GPU for ray tracing. While we’ll need to run some benchmarks for ourselves to see how the Alchemist GPU fairs running FromSoftware’s mech romp, I’m pleased to see developers acknowledge the Alchemist GPUs existence. It’s worth noting that while you’ll be able to enable Armored Core 6 ray tracing using your gaming PC, it’s only available in the
  
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• Across The Spider-Verse producers Lord & Miller reveal why the home release is different to the one you watched in theaters

  15-08-2023 11:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The digital version of Across the Spider-Verse has been controversial, to say the least. Upon release, fans noticed several changes were made to the cut they watched in cinemas – including more details in Gwen’s opening sequence and Miles’ heroic stand against Spider-Man 2099.Speaking to GamesRadar+ ahead of the release of R-rated dog comedy Strays, producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller explain why the 'new' cut – which was also available in some theaters weeks after relea
  
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• Red dot fans rejoice, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 looks set to resurrect a beloved feature

  15-08-2023 11:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 looks set to bring back the red dot on the minimap, something that was painfully absent from 2022's game.According to ModernWarzone on Twitter, texting a promotional number for Modern Warfare 3 can let you interact with the marketing material for the sequel, and the Twitter account took this opportunity to ask if red dots on the minimap would be returning for the new game. The number apparently confirmed that red dots would be returning for Modern Warfare 3.
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• Blue Beetle director clarifies how much input James Gunn had in the final cut

  15-08-2023 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Blue Beetle director has revealed James Gunn's reaction to the final cut of the new DC movie – and how much say he had.Angel Manuel Soto says there was "not much" input from either Gunn or fellow DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran."The studio always, generally, has their hands on it. As far as the essence of the story, [James Gunn and Peter Safran] liked what we were doing and they respected the vision and what we were trying to do with the film," Soto tells GamesRadar+.Soto continues, "Th
  
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• Oh, Baldur's Gate 3 Act 1 is "actually a very long tutorial"

  15-08-2023 02:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 Act 1, which by most estimates should take you between 30 and 40 hours to complete, is just a very long tutorial, Larian says.As someone with very little prior knowledge of the series and who has never played Dungeons & Dragons, this would've been mighty handy to know. Watching Larian's long-awaited sequel become the biggest game in the world right now, smash Steam records left and right, and climb to the top of Metacritic's highest-rated PC games ever, I've been desperate to
  
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• After 13 years, a lost Yakuza game finally has an English translation thanks to fans

  15-08-2023 01:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  The 2010 PSP game Kurohyou: Ryu Ga Gotoku Shinshou, a spinoff of the Yakuza series, is now available to play with English subtitles thanks to a newly released fan project.The fan group TeamK4L has released the Kurohyou English translation on its official website after delaying it out of 2022. You'll need a copy of the game to install the file on, but once that's done you'll be able to play the game and actually understand just what the heck is going on! Hooray for fans.If you've been waiting for
  
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