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• Crimson Desert's open-world action looks like the perfect fusion of Assassin's Creed and The Witcher in this show-stealing trailer

  22-08-2023 23:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  I wasn't expecting the sudden return of Crimson Desert to steal the show at Gamescom Opening Night Live, but this explosive new trailer showing off a frankly astounding amount of gameplay variety was extremely impressive.There's melee combat with an array of hard-hitting moves and destructible objects that appear to collapse dynamically to take out enemies. There's horseback combat against massive hordes of soldiers, mission boards that ask you to do things like carry sheep around, and - importa
  
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• The creepy new Alan Wake 2 trailer is packed with Remedy references

  22-08-2023 23:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Alan Wake 2 trailer debuted during Gamescom 2023 Opening Night Live, and it's a super spooky smorgasbord of subtle references to the Remedy Connected Universe.The trailer, like the game, features live-action cutscenes as well third-person gameplay, setting up the events of the game set 13 years after Wake's disappearance. It's also the first time we've seen gameplay footage of the eponymous author, as previous trailers have featured the game's other protagonist, Saga.In the sequel, Wake i
  
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• Marvel Snap comes to Steam with Sailor Squirrel Girl, Mecha Devil Dinosaur, and more

  22-08-2023 23:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Snap is coming to PC, and to celebrate, the virtual card game has released a new trailer in which Doreen Green gets her own Magical Girl style transformation as a kind of Sailor Squirrel Girl. The game's long-awaited PC launch was initially announced at Gamescom.The trailer also features a bunch of other Multiversal mash-ups of fan-favorite Marvel heroes and classic cartooning styles, including Looney Tunes-esque takes on Ghost Rider and Deadpool, and a giant mecha Devil Dinosaur.Check it
  
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• Honkai Star Rail PS5 technical test "recruitment" opens tomorrow

  22-08-2023 22:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Honkai Star Rail briefly appeared during the big Gamescom 2023 Opening Night Live coverage, and tucked away at the end of the JRPG's new trailer is the news that "recruitment" for its PS5 technical test will open tomorrow, August 23.Apropos of nothing, a slide confirmed that the test's "recruitment" phase starts at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm BT on August 23. What does recruitment mean? Good question. The official Honkai Star Rail social media accounts haven't acknowledged this test announcement at
  
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• Diablo 4 Season 2 launches in October with 5 new endgame bosses

  22-08-2023 22:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  We got our first look at Diablo 4 Season 2 at Gamescom Opening Night Live, and it looks like an undead apocalypse is upon us.Season 2 is officially called Season of Blood, and it's set to launch on October 17 - just in time for spooky season. The update promises "five new and returning endgame bosses, updates to renown rewards, updates to gem and stash storage, and updates to resistance and status effects."The new questline will see you become a daywalker in the grand Blade tradition. You'll gai
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty trailer teases the overhauls that'll kick off the final chapter in the RPG's redemption arc

  22-08-2023 21:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  CD Projekt Red has appeared at Opening Night Live to show off a Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty trailer that teases the new features and overhauls to the base game. The trailer shows off an array of new vehicles and weapons you'll get to add to your personal armoury once the DLC comes out, from cars to shotguns. You've also got the content you're getting through new story missions and side-content known as Gigs, with plenty of them set in a new district you're free to explore. What I'm
  
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• Cosmic horror Soulslike Lords of the Fallen gets gruesome extended story trailer

  22-08-2023 21:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lords of the Fallen, the forthcoming successor to the 2014 action-RPG of the same name, has a new and very violent extended story trailer.For clarity, there's no actual gameplay in the new Lords of the Fallen trailer, but there is plenty of cinematic action showing just how gruesome this Soulslike can be. Within seconds of the trailer starting, some poor guy is impaled by an utterly ghastly cosmic horror-inspired monster, lifted off the ground, and then decapitated. Later in the trailer we see
  
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• Expeditions: A MudRunner Game is coming and I can't wait to play more Death Stranding with cars

  22-08-2023 21:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Expeditions: A MudRunner Game is the next entry in the offroad driving series, and after a trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live today I can't wait to once again put some heavy duty cars in some very compromised situations.This one has you leading scientific expeditions in a variety of areas, ranging from deserts and forests to steep mountains. You'll have more high-tech tools here, with drones, metal detectors, and more to help you plan your expeditions and find caches of helpful equipment. So
  
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• Destiny 2: Bungie Pulls Back The Curtain On The Final Shape Expansion And Season Of The Witch

  22-08-2023 21:31
  
  We’ve known for a while now that Destiny 2 developer Bungie has been bringing players closer and closer to the end of the War of Light and Darkness. Now, the studio has formally unveiled The Final Shape, the expansion concluding this decade-long story arc, and it launches on February 27, 2024. Bungie says in The Final Shape, Guardians will confront their ultimate adversary, The Witness, alongside companions from their years of adventures in Destiny 2, like Ikora Rey, Commander Zavala,
  
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• Genshin Impact dev's urban action RPG Zenless Zone Zero finally resurfaces with a new trailer

  22-08-2023 21:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zenless Zone Zero, the urban action game in the works at Genshin Impact and now Honkai Star Rail developer Hoyoverse, turned up at Gamescom 2023's Opening Night Live show with the first new trailer we've seen in almost a year. Producer Zhenyu Li offered a brief summary of the game ahead of the trailer debut, acknowledging the gap in updates since the game's first closed beta test and affirming that this is indeed an "urban fantasy ARPG." "I know it's been a while since we've given you
  
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• Following Final Fantasy 16's footsteps, long-awaited JRPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink shows off its own giant monster fights

  22-08-2023 21:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Granblue Fantasy: Relink is officially set to launch in February 2024, and a new trailer has set the stage with a look at some boss fights that might just give Final Fantasy 16's massive Eikon battles a run for their money.Granblue Fantasy: Relink on February 1, 2024 across PS5, PS4, and PC via Steam. You can check out the trailer below, but the real impressive part are the boss battles. There's some seriously impressive scale when you're fighting battles against massive creatures while you're o
  
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• Modern Warfare 3 goes back to Verdansk to show off open-ended campaign mission

  22-08-2023 21:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Activision has appeared at Opening Night Live to debut Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's campaign, focusing on the open-ended nature of each mission.The rainy Operation 627 starts with a strike team delicately gliding through the ocean to what appears to be an abandoned castle. Once our team infiltrates the stronghold, they sneak through empty corridors while using night vision until they stumble upon the enemy. Even when the guns start firing, things remain cinematic as we go underground. I
  
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• Modern Warfare 3 goes back to Verdansk to debut campaign, teases open-ended missions

  22-08-2023 21:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Activision has appeared at Opening Night Live to debut Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's campaign, but not before teasing the open-ended nature of select missions that accompany the story mode.The rainy Operation 627 starts with a strike team delicately gliding through the ocean to what appears to be an abandoned castle. Once our team infiltrates the stronghold, they sneak through empty corridors while using night vision until they stumble upon the enemy. Even when the guns start firing, thi
  
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• Zack Snyder's next movie is getting a video game tie-in from Netflix Games

  22-08-2023 21:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rebel Moon, the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster film series from Zack Snyder, is getting a video game adaptation that will expand the universe.Snyder himself took to the stage during Gamescom 2023 Opening Night Live to announce the Rebel Moon video game tie-in, though he revealed very little other than a few key details.For example, we know the game is being developed by Super Evil Megacorp, a studio best known for mobile games including Catalyst Black and Vainglory. We also know from an announcemen
  
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• Tekken 8 gets an official release date and new trailer at Opening Night Live

  22-08-2023 20:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tekken 8's previously leaked release date has been confirmed at Opening Night Live during Gamescom 2023. As expected, we finally got a release date for Tekken 8, as well as a brand-new trailer. Unfortunately, for those hoping to keep the news under wraps until tonight, a leaker revealed the release date of January 26, 2024 earlier today. We now know that this leak was accurate, so we can expect to play Tekken 8 not long after the festive period. Along with the release date, we also got
  
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• Assassin's Creed Mirage drops a new trailer showing off its Arabic dub

  22-08-2023 20:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gamescom 2023 yielded a new trailer for Assassin's Creed Mirage which walks us through Baghdad with the full Arabic voiceover previously promised by Ubisoft. Our newest assassin, Basim, returns to Baghdad after years away to find it beset by tyrants and dark-world puppet masters known as the Order of the Ancients. "Much of my childhood was spent on these streets," Basim says nostalgically. "I always enjoyed this place. Nehal and I used to sneak into the House of Wisdom. Fond memories, now
  
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• After 3 delays, Dragon Age veteran's Nightingale is finally set for Early Access in February 2024

  22-08-2023 20:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nightingale, the Victorian survival game with Mass Effect and Dragon Age lineage, finally has a proper Early Access release date, and after three delays it looks like this one might actually stick.Announced as part of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023, Nightingale is now scheduled to hit Early Access via Steam and the Epic Games Store on February 22, 2024 at a price of $29.99 USD. Originally announced for launch in 2022, the game was delayed first into early 2023, then into fall. Today's announce
  
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• Joseph Quinn’s first post-Stranger Things movie gets unexpected first clip

  22-08-2023 20:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Alpha Violet has released a clip from Hoard, Joseph Quinn's first post-Stranger Things movie.Written and directed by UK filmmaker Luna Carmoon (Nosebleed, Shagbands), the indie film is split into two timelines. Per Variety, "In 1984 London, 7-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish. One night, their world falls apart, and the film joins Maria a decade later, living with her foster mother. An older stranger, Michael,
  
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• Horror FPS Killing Floor 3 revealed with a gory trailer

  22-08-2023 20:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gory first-person shooter Killing Floor is back for another entry. Killing Floor 3 has been revealed at Opening Night Live with a suitably morbid trailer, as you'd expect.We start in a lab with numerous mysterious organisms growing into something larger and fiercer. Things only get bloodier from there as we see a deranged being on a table being cut up and plugged with implants. After the camera pans out to reveal an army of being like the one on the cutting table, we get some gameplay segme
  
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• Rebel Moon trailer showcases epic action in Zack Snyder's sci-fi – and reveals the Part 2 release date

  22-08-2023 20:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has released the first trailer for Zack Snyder's upcoming sci-fi thriller Rebel Moon.After a brief first look from Netflix and a mysterious teaser from Snyder himself, the first trailer for Rebel Moon gives us our first real look at the grand space-faring tale to come. The trailer begins with some narration from Anthony Hopkins' Jimmy, a robot who recounts his tragic experiences with the royal family. We get plenty of flashes of the villains, too, with Ed Skrein's Admiral Noble and
  
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• Todd Howard explains Starfield's opening mission

  22-08-2023 20:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda boss Todd Howard visited Gamescom to explains Starfield's opening mission, giving increasingly impatient and hopeful fans a taste of what you do before you even make your character. "You start out as a miner and you touch this artifact that affects you in some way, and you see a bit into space-time," Howard begins. "Then you get to create your own character. Our games are about creating and being whoever you want. And then you're off on an adventure." "You're joining Constella
  
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• Black Myth Wukong shows off a load of boss fights with serious Sekiro vibes

  22-08-2023 20:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for Black Myth: Wukong debuted at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 today, and it put a big focus on some seriously impressive boss fights.Black Myth: Wukong has already put its Soulslike influences on its sleeve, and this trailer's focus on highly active combat against super-mobile foes certainly has some major Sekiro vibes. Which, hey, I'm not complaining.This story is developing. Check out our Gamescom live blog for more as it happens.
  
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• Little Nightmares 3 has just been announced and it's like a creepy It Takes Two

  22-08-2023 20:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Little Nightmares 3 has just been announced at Opening Night Live Gamescom 2023.During Geoff Keighley's presentation, developers from Bandai Namco introduced the latest game in the Little Nightmares series, and I couldn't be more excited. This time around, it isn't Tarsier Studios (who developed the first two Little Nightmares games) instead Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures developer Supermassive Games has taken the reins on development. It looks like the series has been given a brand-new l
  
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• Everything announced at Bungie's big Destiny 2: The Final Shape show

  22-08-2023 19:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2's big 2023 showcase has unveiled what's to come in The Final Shape expansion, the Season of the Witch that starts today, and perhaps most importantly, what's due in 2024 as a new Episode model replaces the seasons that the MMO has had (and been struggling with) for years.  
  The Final Shape revealed  
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  The Final Shape takes us inside the Pale Heart of the Traveler, a new destination in some ways mirroring the notorious Black Heart from Destiny 1. The
  
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• Destiny 2's Final Shape showcase explained: ditching seasons, fixing Power, adding LFG, new Light Supers, and the Crota's End raid

  22-08-2023 19:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2's big 2023 showcase has unveiled what's to come in The Final Shape expansion, the Season of the Witch that starts today, and perhaps most importantly, what's due in 2024 as a new Episode model replaces the seasons that the MMO has had (and been struggling with) for years.  
  The Final Shape revealed  
  (Image credit: Bungie)
  The Final Shape takes us inside the Pale Heart of the Traveler, a new destination in some ways mirroring the notorious Black Heart from Destiny 1. The
  
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• Phandelver and Below will be "perhaps the strangest" D&D adventure yet

  22-08-2023 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk stages a return to the first Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set, with players taking to the streets of Phandalin in a new and improved adventure that Lead Designer Amanda Hamon deems to be "perhaps the strangest adventure" the team has written. The new campaign will make its bid to be one of the best D&D books on September 19.While the book's first third remasters the Lost Mine of Phandelver, Hamon promises that the second two thirds
  
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• James Gunn gives disappointing update on DCU's new Batman movie

  22-08-2023 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn has given an update on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the upcoming DCU film directed by Andy Muschietti."I don’t know what you’re talking about but we don’t even have a script, and there’s a strike happening, so, no, no casting," Gunn posted to Threads.The movie was announced earlier this year as part of Gunn and Peter Safran's new DC slate titled "Gods and Monsters." The Brave and the Bold will follow Batman and his son, Damian Wayne, as Robin, who according
  
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• The creator of one of the most popular roguelikes of all time is using his new project to right 11-year-old wrongs

  22-08-2023 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Binding of Isaac is easily one of the best roguelikes out there, and it's got the lofty player numbers and glowing review scores to prove it. Still, there's one aspect of the game that creator Edmund McMillen wishes he'd done differently. In a new Steam post, he writes "if you were to ask me what I thought the biggest flaw with The Binding of Isaac is, I would 100% say it's not explaining what each item does on the HUD when you stand next to it."Items are an integral part of The Binding
  
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• A new Atari 2600 console with HDMI has emerged, and it runs original cartridges

  22-08-2023 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Atari 2600 is back, as the historic video game brand just announced a revamped version of the ‘70s console. While companies like RetroN and AtGames already offer a way to play classics like Missile Command and Yars Revenge, this recreated system is compatible with original cartridges and vastly more authentic than other imitations. Released way back in 1977, the original Atari 2600 is pretty iconic. Sure, it’s not as beloved as the Nintendo Entertainment System, and you migh
  
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• Tekken 8 release date leaks hours before Opening Night Live

  22-08-2023 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tekken 8's release date has leaked hours before Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2023, and it's supposedly due January 2024. Just a few hours before Opening Night Live is set to kick off at Gamescom 2023, it seems a well-known leaker has shared the Tekken 8 release date. Twitter user Aggiornamenti Lumia - who is known for sharing hidden information from the Microsoft store and who previously leaked Diablo 4's release date - has said that Tekken 8 will release on January 26, 2024. Althoug
  
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• Sea of Stars debuts a flashy new character for its JRPG roster

  22-08-2023 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sea of Stars' launch trailer is here, and it's unveiled a brand new playable character for the old-school JRPG.You can check out the launch trailer for Sea of Stars just below, which should be the final trailer for the new game before it finally launches next week on August 29. The trailer chiefly debuts Serai, a flashy new playable character for the JRPG, who uses portals to zip around the battlefield and attack enemies. 
  ☀️OFFICIAL LAUNCH TRAILER 🌙Sea of Stars arrives
  
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• These Sony Bravia OLED TV deals really are throwing in a free PS5

  22-08-2023 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  These are perhaps the most expensive PS5 bundles we've ever seen (and that's including the price jumps during the low stock days) but these Sony Bravia OLED TV deals actually make sense if you're looking for a console and display. The free PS5 sits with the 65-inch Sony Bravia XR A80L. Amazon has both the OLED TV and PS5 console at $2,347.99 right now - that's a significant figure considering Sony's own site has the 65-incher at a $2,499.99 MSRP. You're not only netting yourself a free PS5 but a
  
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• One of D&D's most deadly mechanics makes an easy-to-miss appearance in Baldur's Gate 3

  22-08-2023 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  A keen-eyed Baldur's Gate 3 fan has found evidence that one of the most deadly conditions in Baldur's Gate 3 might have been more apparent in an earlier version of the game.In a post on Reddit, one user found that a single animal - the bird that Druid Nettie can be found attempting to heal in the grove - is suffering from the 'exhausted' condition. So far, it appears to be the only NPC in the game that can become exhausted, and that's probably for the best.Exhaustion is a truly debilitating effe
  
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• Marvel fans highlight the MCU moments that did the comics justice, and Avengers: Infinity War is a crowd favorite

  22-08-2023 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel fans are sharing the movie moments that feel most like the comics – with most people highlighting scenes from Avengers: Infinity War.The Infinity War, starring the Avengers, was a six-issue limited series release that hit shelves in 1992, as a direct follow-up to The Infinity Gauntlet – the latter of which forms the basis for the Infinity War film."The battle on Titan. Straight up comic book action brought to life and the best fight in the MCU," one person wrote."In Avengers:
  
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• Some The Walking Dead fans are defending one of the zombie show's most maligned characters – and it's about time

  22-08-2023 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Given what he did to our beloved Glenn, you'd think that Negan would've wound up The Walking Dead's most hated character, but anyone in the fandom – whether they agree or not – knows it was really Andrea who riled viewers up the most. Now, though, fans seem to be coming out in her defense, thanks to a recent Reddit post."I saw someone do this with Lori and thought it'd be significantly harder with Andrea so have at it," Strangemarvelaf wrote on the discussion board, encouraging every
  
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• Starfield lead confirms full planetary exploration is possible after you've landed

  22-08-2023 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield will let you fully explore a planet as soon as you land on it.Earlier today, Bethesda's Pete Hines took to Twitter to respond to a query, asking if it would be explore a "whole entire planet" upon landing on it. Hines washed away any doubt, straight-up confirming that yes, anyone who lands on a planet in their spacecraft will immediately be able to hit the road and begin exploring it.
  Yup, if you want. Walk on, brave explorer.August 22, 2023See more
  However, don't take Hines's comments
  
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• Xenoblade Chroncles 3 director wants a fourth game to be a vastly different JRPG

  22-08-2023 15:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xenoblade Chronicles 3's executive director has teased what the future holds for the JRPG series.Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Limited Edition Soundtracks are beginning to ship worldwide, and with them seemingly comes comments from developers, like series director Tetsuya Takahashi. One hardcore fan has apparently managed to translate the comments from Takahashi on their blog, and they reveal quite the intriguing message. Takahashi talks about "going on the offense" as a personal ethos of his for
  
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• The internet wants these actors to have a Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan style comeback

  22-08-2023 15:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last year saw the comeback of two Hollywood actors in a major way – both Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan went from career lulls to Oscar wins for their roles in The Whale and Everything Everywhere All at Once. Now, Reddit users have been debating which actors deserve a similar moment back in the spotlight after quiet periods in their careers.Rick Moranis was a popular choice, with over 300 upvotes. He took a break from acting in 1997 after the death of his wife so he could take care of his
  
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• Weeks ahead of official launch, Starfield is already being sold in stores

  22-08-2023 15:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda's mammoth space RPG Starfield finally arrives next month on September 6, but by the looks of things, not all players will have to wait until then. And no, we're not talking about the five-day Starfield early access period.Over on Twitter, @starfieldbeyond claims that Starfield has broken its street date. "Some Starfield discs are making it to the wild just around a week before Early Access launch," the user says. Their warning is accompanied by an image of a boxed version of the game fo
  
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• Razer and Gillette finally hooked up

  22-08-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Razer's finally done it. After years of misspellings, countless rogue Amazon results, and the odd April Fool's Day joke, the gaming specialist brand has teamed up with Gillette to bring a new razor to market. Officially named the GilletteLabs Razer Limited Edition, the shaver inherits Razer's trademark green coloring and iconography and Gillette's exfoliating bar. The result is something we never asked for, but ultimately knew at some point we'd be getting. It's silly but it's fun, and
  
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• Nvidia AI tools could add toxic NPCs to your PC games of the future

  22-08-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nvidia is all about AI at the moment, but its next project could help make NPCs in your favorite adventures more toxic. That’s thanks to a new custom toolkit that “aims to bring intelligence “to non-playable characters through AI-powered natural language interactions,” using an approachable interface. Simply put, developers will be able to instantly fill games with a bunch of walking red flags, and I’m slightly terrified at the prospect. Unveiled at Gamescom, t
  
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• No Man's Sky Echoes update features its first new race, a bunch of robots

  22-08-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  No Man's Sky Echoes is about to introduce a brand new race of robots in its update later this week.Last week, No Man's Sky developer Hello Games teased the Echoes update, touting it as the big update to celebrate the game's seventh anniversary. Now, we have a better look at the new update, and it turns out it's boasting a brand new alien race of robots, populating the wider reaches of the galaxy.Hello Games says its aim with Echoes is to "breathe new life into the universe," and it's doing this
  
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• Nvidia DLSS 3.5 is coming to give Alan Wake 2 a ray tracing glow up

  22-08-2023 14:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nvidia just announced DLSS 3.5, a brand new version of its GPU tool that’ll shake up ray tracing in PC games. While DLSS 3 currently helps boost gaming PC performance in terms of frame rate, the next iteration aims to help all RTX graphics card produce better lighting using the power of AI. Better still, the tech is also set to arrive alongside both Alan Wake 2 and Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty this fall, giving the update a chance to strut its stuff. Announced at Gamescom 2023, Nvi
  
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• MMO fans are using World of Warcraft’s new dragon race to flatten the game's hardest raid bosses in just 30 seconds

  22-08-2023 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft’s new Dracthyr race is proving to be a problem for Blizzard, with MMO fans taking advantage of one of its specialisations to flatten a myriad of high-end raid bosses. Just last month, fans figured out you could take advantage of Augmentation Evokers’ ability to stack support benefits with other Dracthyr using the same specialisation to devastating effect. One popular clip saw a Heroic-difficulty Abberus raid run with the highlight being one 13 million DPS perfo
  
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• The voice behind Baldur's Gate 3's least-favorite companion is hitting back against 'mean' tweets

  22-08-2023 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The voice actor behind Baldur's Gate 3's least-favorite companion has reacted to players' mean tweets about the character, and it's hilarious. Devora Wilde, the actor responsible for bringing Lae'zel to life, has shared a TikTok titled 'Lae'zel from Baldur's Gate 3 reads your mean tweets.' As you may have guessed from the title, Wilde does exactly what they've promised and reads out various players' tweets in the character's voice whilst sporting a filter that shrinks the actor's nose so th
  
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• Nintendo eShop Multiplayer Sale can get you fantastic deals on the likes of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Mario Party Superstars

  22-08-2023 13:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo eShop is currently running an amazing multiplayer sale, offering chunky discounts on some of our picks of the best multiplayer Nintendo Switch games you can play today, including Luigi's Mansion 3, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Kirby Star Allies.From now until 27th August, you can treat yourself and your family and friends to top titles with discounts of up to 67% - some of which are never-before-seen low prices on some of the best Nintendo Switch games. Games from the Nin
  
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• Santa's on a slay ride in Christmas-themed horror comic The Deviant

  22-08-2023 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  It comes around quicker every year... Hot on the heels of DC announcing the first of its holiday titles last week comes the reveal of a new Christmas-themed horror comic from Image. The Deviant, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Joshua Hixson, and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, is a nine-issue miniseries about a Santa-themed serial killer.Image's synopsis for the new comic reveals that it takes place over two time periods, stating: "As snow falls over Milwaukee in 1972, a blood-stained Sa
  
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• Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista's "lost" action movie has finally locked in a new director – and it's a major DCU name

  22-08-2023 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista's The Wrecking Crew is back on, and will be directed by a DCU filmmaker. The action movie was first announced way back in 2021 – with Deadpool 2's David Leitch attached to direct – but since then, not much has been heard about it. Now, though, The Wrap is reporting that Blue Beetle's Ángel Manuel Soto has signed on to helm the flick. When Leitch was on board, it was set to film in Hawaii, but it's unclear as it stands whether Soto will s
  
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• Star Wars fan points out an overlooked detail that makes Rogue One kind of pointless

  22-08-2023 13:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  The age-old Death Star plot hole has plagued Star Wars fans since the original trilogy was out in theaters. The premise of A New Hope sees Princess Leia trying to get the plans of the newly-completed weapon to the Rebel Alliance.There’s not an obvious weakness in the planet killer, but after inspecting the plans, the rebels on Yavin IV decide that the exhaust port could be the way to destroy it. Plenty of fans over the years have called this out as a plot hole, pointing out why would the E
  
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• Here's how to watch the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 showcase

  22-08-2023 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Here's how to watch the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 showcase in full on August 22.As ever, Geoff Keighley is set to roll out a blockbuster showcase to commemorate the start of Gamescom. The Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 presentation will be premiering live from Cologne, Germany, later today on August 22 at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET/7 p.m. BST/8 p.m. CEST.
  Here's how to watch @gamescom Opening Night Live tomorrow. 2 hour show starts at 8p CET/7p BST/2p ET/11a PT, with 30 minute pre-show before
  
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