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• Ex-Payday devs are getting "back on that heist s**t" with a sci-fi game where "the darkness comes from the late-stage capitalism"

  24-08-2023 23:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  After building the co-op horror game GTFO, the ex-Payday devs who helped co-found developer 10 Chambers are getting "back on that heist shit" for their next project, and they're ready to share a precious few more details about what they're working on."Three of the founding members [of 10 Chambers] were key players in the development of the first two Payday games, which is why we're 'back on that heist shit,'" co-founder Simon Viklund tells GamesRadar+, indicating his 'back on that heist shit' T-
  
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• Todd Howard's not sure everyone will like Starfield's approach to exploration because it's so different from Bethesda's games

  24-08-2023 22:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Being a game with more than 1,000 planets as playable environments, Starfield's approach to exploration is inherently different to other Bethesda games, and director Todd Howard isn't sure everyone will like it."It's not the same as dropping you in a world like Skyrim," he told GQ. "You wander totally differently." In particular, Howard touches on the experience of disembarking your ship on a planet for the first time and laying eyes on the new environment. "I think that moment works almost
  
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• "Is this real?": Armored Core 6 is the top-selling game on Steam and a breakout moment for a 26-year-old cult hit

  24-08-2023 22:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  As we said in our Armored Core 6 review, FromSoftware's latest mech beatdown is an irresistible action experience paired with one of the studio's best-ever storylines. Its overwhelmingly positive critical reception and mounting launch hype have now pushed the game to the peak of Steam's top sellers, and after loving a cult hit for 26 years, longtime Armored Core fans can hardly believe it. The tone over on the small but dedicated Armored Core subreddit is one of disbelief and celebration. "
  
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• Jamie Foxx to play God in Not Another Church Movie

  24-08-2023 21:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jamie Foxx is set to play God in Not Another Church Movie, a new comedy from director Johnny Mack.Per Deadline, the film follows Taylor Pharry (Kevin Daniels), an ambitious young man given a holy mission from God himself: to tell his family’s stories and inspire his community. What he doesn’t know, however, is that the Devil – played by Mickey Rourke – has plans of his own. Vivica A. Fox, Tisha Campbell, Jasmine Guy, Kyla Pratt, and Lamorne Morris also star."We are thrill
  
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• Howard Stark is Iron Man - and he's got some explaining to do in a preview of Ultimate Invasion #3

  24-08-2023 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the year's most explosive comic events continues next week with the publication of Ultimate Invasion #3. Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch's return to the Ultimate Universe has seen The Maker (an evil version of Reed Richards who survived the destruction of Earth-1610) use an Immortus Engine to alter history and create a new reality. In response, the Earth-616 Reed Richards decides to reform the Illuminati. We've got an exclusive preview of lettered pages from the new issue in th
  
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• Internal Dragon Age: Dreadwolf delays are reportedly pushing Mass Effect 5 back, too

  24-08-2023 19:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  An industry insider is reporting that BioWare is continuing to push back Dragon Age: Dreadwolf's internal release targets, and that it's having a knock-on effect when it comes to development on Mass Effect 5."At one point, the date they were looking at was next month - September 2023 - but internally, Dragon Age 4 keeps getting pushed back," Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb says in a podcast. "They moved the internal expectations to March 2024 a while ago. March 2024, that's pretty soon, right? Well, gue
  
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• Todd Howard wants Elder Scrolls 6 to be the "ultimate fantasy-world simulator" but won't say how Bethesda's going to do it

  24-08-2023 19:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Todd Howard says Bethesda wants Elder Scrolls 6 to be "the ultimate fantasy-world simulator," although he won't say exactly how the developers will accomplish that just yet.In an interview with GQ, Howard is asked what he wants to achieve with Elder Scrolls 6, and it's worth keeping in mind that this is one of only a handful of times the famed Skyrim director has ever spoken about the game. He's had his hands full with Starfield for the past several years, and he's said in the past not to expect
  
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• Survival horror Blood Commandment pits an isolated family against a vampire

  24-08-2023 19:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spawn and Punisher artist Szymon Kudrański is writing and drawing a new horror miniseries for Image this November. Kudrański has described Blood Commandment as "a story about the relationship between a father and his growing up son living far away from civilization in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by thick forests and mountains." Which sounds lovely, until you learn that it's also a story about a vampire...Kudrański was keen to dig into the existential horror of being a bloods
  
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• Todd Howard says Wolfenstein dev's Indiana Jones game is going great: "They've got the whole Nazi killing thing down"

  24-08-2023 19:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda hasn't said much about the new Indiana Jones game in the works at Wolfenstein developer MachineGames since its announcement a few years ago, but studio boss Todd Howard maintains that work on the game is going great.In a brief comment to GQ as part of a broader Starfield interview – which turned up details like a New Game+ mode and the seven-year push to get the game to a point where it's actually fun to play – Howard said "they’ve got the whole Nazi killing thing down
  
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• Big City Greens season 4 sets release date, reveals guest stars like Michael Bolton

  24-08-2023 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The hit Disney Channel animated series Big City Greens is officially returning for a fourth season on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 8PM ET. The new season will include the show's 100th episode, which is a major landmark for any animated series, but especially for a Disney Channel series with few ever making it quite that far.While the overall premise of the show follows 10-year-old Cricket Green and his family on their adventures after moving to the big city – appropriately named Big Cit
  
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• Rick and Morty season 7 sets release date – but it's still holding the recast voices back

  24-08-2023 18:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  A release date for Rick and Morty season 7, the first without co-creator and voice actor Justin Roiland, has been revealed.Rick and Morty return to our screens on October 15 at 11:00 PM Eastern on Adult Swim. The previous season of the hit animated comedy saw Morty uncover that Rick had replaced himself with the robotic clone 'Rickbot'. Instead of going on adventures with his grandson, the mad scientist and instead been spending much of his time hunting down Rick Prime. We also have the first po
  
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• You can't trust anything in Alan Wake 2's dark place, even the shadows

  24-08-2023 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  In Alan Wake 2, the world is conspiring to topple the ailing writer. At Gamescom 2023, Remedy Entertainment showed GamesRadar+ an exclusive gameplay demo that descended into the Dark Place, the prison that has held Wake for 13 years. It's here where the shift towards survival horror is most stark – a twisted New York City, suffocating beneath a sheet of rain, where twisting figures stand in every shadow.What drew my attention were the sheer number of enemies on screen at times, where Alan'
  
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• New Mario Kart-style board game swaps plumbers for fantasy monsters

  24-08-2023 17:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest board game from Brotherwise is probably the closest you'll get to Mario Kart on tabletop any time soon.Called 'Dungeon Kart,' its inspiration is clear; you'll use items found in Mario Kart-style multicolored cubes, collect coins from around the course, and control racers with cartoon designs. The board game even uses an art-style reminiscent of instruction booklets for Mario Kart 64 and, if you want a deeper cut, Stunt Race FX on the SNES. The main difference is that it uses character
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 will launch on Xbox this year after Larian and Phil Spencer "found a solution"

  24-08-2023 17:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  The hit D&D RPG Baldur's Gate 3 is coming to Xbox Series X and S "this year," as Larian Studios boss Swen Vincke has now confirmed."Super happy to confirm that after meeting Phil Spencer yesterday, we’ve found a solution that allows us to bring Baldur’s Gate 3 to Xbox players this year still, something we’ve been working towards for quite some time," Vincke says on Twitter. "All improvements will be there, with split-screen coop on Series X. Series S will not feature split-
  
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• Todd Howard says it took 7 years to make Starfield fun to play: "I thought we would find the answers faster"

  24-08-2023 17:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a new interview, Starfield director Todd Howard it took quite some time for the studio to find the fun in its epic sci-fi RPG.While the idea for Starfield has been kicking around in Bethesda for much longer, GQ's interview with Howard suggests that the game has formally been in development for eight years. Howard says that Starfield only "clicked" into being fun to play sometime in 2022, adding that "I thought we would find the answers faster."It's not an uncommon story for games to only real
  
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• Ominous hidden detail about Star Wars' newest villains could spell disaster for Ahsoka

  24-08-2023 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: the following contains spoilers for Ahsoka episodes 1 and 2! Turn back now if you're not up to date! Ahsoka has introduced two new villains to Star Wars: Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati. So far, they've shown off their dark side lightsaber skills and are helping Morgan Elsbeth in the hunt for Grand Admiral Thrawn – but there's a hidden detail connecting them that could mean disaster is on the horizon. As pointed out on Reddit by a fan who knows their Norse mythology, both vil
  
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• Todd Howard admits Bethesda may have announced The Elder Scrolls 6 too early: "I probably would’ve announced it more casually"

  24-08-2023 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 6 might have been announced a little early, and its director wants it to be the "ultimate fantasy-world simulator."In a new interview with GQ, The Elder Scrolls 6 game director Todd Howard was asked whether he regretted revealing the new game when he did. As of earlier this year in June, The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced five whole years ago, and we've still seen or heard nothing of the game since it was first revealed."I have asked myself that a lot," Howard admitted, when qui
  
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• First trailer for Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal's apocalyptic drama looks like Black Mirror meets Interstellar

  24-08-2023 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal's new thriller Foe has got its first trailer, and it's seriously chilling. The upcoming movie sees them star as a couple pushed to the limits in a story that looks fresh out of a season of Black Mirror.Ronan plays Hen and Mescal stars as Junior in the Amazon Studios film that begins with an uninvited stranger turning up on their door. Played by Aaron Pierre, what he's got to offer is a life-changing proposal that would take Junior to the stars. Set in 2065 on a secl
  
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• Starfield has New Game+ but with "a unique and exciting twist"

  24-08-2023 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield has a New Game+ mode, ensuring you can keep playing Bethesda's enormous sci-fi RPG even after you eventually roll credits.That's according to a new GQ interview featuring Bethesda boss Todd Howard, Starfield lead Emil Pagliarulo, and several other members of the Bethesda team. GQ writes that Starfield "gives you the flexibility and options to carve out a unique identity, and even adds a unique and exciting twist on New Game+ to incentivize continued and repeat play."This description is
  
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• Heath Ledger's Joker and Indiana Jones are the internet's pick for the best character entrances ever

  24-08-2023 16:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Many iconic characters in cinema have had equally iconic entrances. Movie fans are sharing their favorite introductions, with Indy in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark taking the number one spot for many."The character isn't revealed immediately, you just see a faceless man making his way through the jungle, clearly looking for something. He follows clues to a cave, hears a gun cocking behind him, and a whip flashes out of nowhere to disarm the man. Only then is Indy's face revealed. We wer
  
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• Hot off a lawsuit, Dark and Darker dev announces mobile port

  24-08-2023 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  A mobile version of Dark and Darker has been announced, and it's being published by the company behind PUBG Mobile.Earlier today on August 24, PUBG Mobile publisher Krafton announced it had struck a deal with developer Ironmace for a mobile version of Dark and Darker. "We've been watching Dark and Darker’s potential and distinct creativity with great interest," said Rafael Lim, senior head of publishing at Krafton, in a statement. "From the genre to the setting&nbs
  
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• Elden Ring's success is expected to drive Armored Core 6 to record-breaking sales for the series

  24-08-2023 16:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bandai Namco expects Armored Core 6 to break series sales records, thanks to FromSoftware's growing popularity.Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz earlier today at Gamescom 2023, Bandai Namco Europe CEO Arnaud Muller says the company has heightened expectations for FromSoftware. Specifically, the publisher has increased expectations for Armored Core 6 sales, thanks to FromSoftware's popularity after the record-breaking launch of Elden Ring last year."This is an opportunity for us to truly widen the au
  
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• Live-action Chopper is everything Ahsoka fans wanted

  24-08-2023 15:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahsoka has brought the snarky, mischievous droid Chopper into live-action – and Star Wars fans are obsessed with him. A warning that the following will contain spoilers for Ahsoka episode 2! Chop was a major player throughout Star Wars Rebels, winning everyone's hearts with his constant bad attitude and propensity for violence. Luckily, from his first appearance in Ahsoka, we can see that nothing has changed for Chop. In episode 2, Hera Syndulla tasks Chopper with getting a track
  
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• Star Wars fans have a very convincing theory about who Ahsoka's Inquisitor really is

  24-08-2023 14:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the big mysteries hanging over Ahsoka episode 1 and 2 is who exactly Inquisitor Marrok really is. The force-sensitive individual is aligned with Morgan Elsbeth, Baylan Skoll, and Shin Hati, and is a very adept fighter. However, given he’s dressed head to toe in black, and covered with a mask, many viewers have been wondering if he might be hiding something. Warning: spoilers for the opening episodes of Ahsoka ahead.A major theory has been circulating online that he could actually be
  
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• New Netflix movie from The Impossible director tells the terrifying true story of the Andes plane crash

  24-08-2023 14:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for Society of Snow, a new Netflix movie based on the true events of a '70s plane crash in the Andes mountains, is here, promising a hard-hitting and emotional look at the real-life tragedy."What happened to us? What happens when the world deserts you?" the trailer's voiceover asks, as we see glimpses of the passengers before the ill-fated flight interspersed with shots of the survivors stranded in the snow in the snow. In 1972, a plane flying from Montevideo, Uruguay, to
  
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• On his 60th birthday, Hideo Kojima says he has no plans to retire - and wants to "create things" for the rest of his life

  24-08-2023 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  On his 60th birthday, Hideo Kojima is celebrating by telling fans he has no plans to retire and plans to "create things" for the rest of his life. August 24, 2023 marks Death Stranding's director Hideo Kojima's 60th birthday. Addressing fans on Twitter, the developer writes: "On August 24, I turned 60 years old and celebrated my 60th birthday. I have never thought that I would be celebrating my 60th birthday." Kojima then goes on to say: "There is no retirement age or retirement in my way o
  
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• Armored Core 6 release time revealed - and PC is launching early

  24-08-2023 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Armored Core 6 release time has been revealed for regions around the world ahead of launch.FromSoftware's brand new mech game technically isn't meant to launch until tomorrow, August 25. However, as you can see from the handy map below, there are ways to unlock the game early through the official Armored Core 6 release times that FromSoftware has set up.Beginning on the West Coast, the Armored Core 6 release time is either 9pm PT for consoles, or a whole six hours earlier at 3pm PT for PC. S
  
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• The Equalizer director would consider using AI to de-age Denzel Washington for a prequel

  24-08-2023 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua has revealed that he'd be open to using AI to de-age franchise star Denzel Washington in order to explore Robert McCall's backstory in a prequel movie."Especially now with the new technology and the AI and all of that kind of stuff… Is there a story to be told about how [Robert McCall] became this person – the younger version?" Fuqua said in a recent interview with NME. "I’ve had that conversation with [screenwriter] Richard Wenk quite a bi
  
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• Norman Reedus compares the freedom of his Daryl spin-off to The Walking Dead: "We’re making art"

  24-08-2023 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Norman Reedus has praised the artistic freedom of his Daryl spin-off – and has some interesting comparisons to his time working on The Walking Dead."We’re making art," Reedus told Entertainment Weekly of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, the Europe-set spin-off that sees the downtrodden survivor wash up on French shores.Reedus points to his process on The Walking Dead – which ran for 11 seasons – as something that would often become safe and repetitive."I think with doing a
  
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• Epic Games is now offering devs a 100% revenue split for launching their game on the company's store

  24-08-2023 13:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Epic Games has launched a new program that will allow developers to keep 100% of their net revenues when launching games on the platform.As introduced in a blog post, Epic Games has now launched the 'Epic First Run' program, which is an "opt-in exclusivity program" for third-party developers. Outside of the program, developers gain 88% of their revenue, with Epic taking a 12% cut. Inside the program, however, as long as developers make their games exclusive to the platform for the first six mont
  
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• Armored Core 6 joins Dark Souls and Elden Ring in featuring one of FromSoftware's most popular Easter Eggs

  24-08-2023 13:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon isn't even out yet, but FromSoftware fans have already discovered a long-standing weapon in the new game.That would be the majestic Moonlight Greatsword, a famed weapon throughout FromSoftware's games and one that's become a tradition throughout their modern games. This time, the Moonlight Greatsword has turned up in Armored Core 6 by way of a 'Moonlight Light Wave Blade.'
  The Moonlight sword has been discovered. Credit to John Payne and EJRaven_ACO on Twitter fr
  
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• As Dragon Age loses one of its most beloved writers, fans' hopes for the series' future plummet

  24-08-2023 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dragon Age fans are concerned that layoffs at developer BioWare are evidence that the series' future is uncertain - and a single former member of staff appears to be the catalyst for much of that sentiment.Last night, BioWare said that it had laid off 50 developers to help "ensure Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is an outstanding game." Among those laid off was Mary Kirby, a BioWare veteran who has been at the studio since 2006, since the inception of the Dragon Age series. In the past 17 years, she contr
  
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• An Ahsoka fan has decoded the planet names in the credits – and some are major Star Wars locations

  24-08-2023 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  An Ahsoka fan has taken a deep dive into the planet names hidden in the credits – and some are major Star Wars locations. A warning that the following will contain major spoilers for Ahsoka episodes 1 and 2! Turn back now if you haven't seen them yet! In the opening two installments of the new Star Wars show, we learn that Ahsoka Tano is searching for the sinister Grand Admiral Thrawn, who is stranded in deep space with the Jedi Ezra Bridger (get the full story in our guide to everyth
  
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• Free Baldur's Gate pack fills you in on all the D&D lore you need for the city

  24-08-2023 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  D&D has just released a free Baldur's Gate booklet for anyone that wants to find out more about the city, or explore this grungy metropolis themselves in pen and paper RPGs.Available to download now if you have a free D&D Beyond account, the Baldur's Gate Gazetteer describes the eponymous city's history, its points of interest, and people in detail. It also delves into the scuzzy underworld of a location many of us have been exploring in Baldur's Gate 3, providing backgrounds for charact
  
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• Xbox has no plans for a Series X mid-gen refresh as "we're at the end of the beginning"

  24-08-2023 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Don't expect to hear any news about an Xbox Series X refresh anytime soon. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been doing the media rounds at Gamescom 2023, and one of the more common questions he's tackling centres around concerns a mid-gen refresh for the Xbox Series S and X.When asked by IGN if there was any news to share over a mid-gen refresh, Spencer simply replies "no," before explaining that he sees the team being at the "end of the beginning" of the console's lifecycle. The important thing
  
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• The Last of Us creators are open to spin-offs, but they have a major stipulation

  24-08-2023 12:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us on-screen universe could be expanding, as spin-offs are not off the agenda for HBO showrunner Craig Mazin. Speaking to The Wrap, he shared that he and game creator and co-showrunner Neil Druckmann are not opposed to them at all. "We haven’t talked about that specifically because we’re so focused on just telling this main narrative," Mazin said, adding: "I’m not against the idea of other shows that may draw from these characters or that world. I don’t k
  
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• Project Mugen's first trailer shows a captivating open-world anime RPG

  24-08-2023 12:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  An eye-catching open-world RPG that blends Genshin Impact with GTA 5 has its first trailer and info.Last week, Project Mugen garnered a lot of attention when it was first unveiled by NetEase and developer Naked Rain. The game looked like it was coming for Genshin Impact's crown of open-world anime RPGs, and after a countdown, we finally have our first full trailer for Project Mugen, seen just below.The trailer stitches together many of the snippets we saw last week when Project Mugen was first a
  
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• Grab $1,200 off Razer Blade laptops and get Assassin’s Creed: Mirage free

  24-08-2023 12:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Intel’s Gamer Days 2023 event just kicked off, and Razer is celebrating the sales festival with up to $1,200 off Blade 15 and 17 laptops. Better still, if you jump on any of the limited time deals, you’ll get two games free, and one of them is Ubisoft’s long awaited sequel to Valhalla, Assassin’s Creed: Mirage. In other words, you’ll be able to use your discounted portable powerhouse to step into Basim Ibn Ishaq’s shoes all while embracing fantastic portable s
  
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• Barbie’s IMAX release brings the Kenergy with all-new post-credits footage

  24-08-2023 12:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Had Kenough of Barbie? We didn’t think so. The billion-dollar phenomenon has given us another reason to return to Barbieland thanks to an imminent IMAX release – complete with new footage.Barbie heads to IMAX screens for a week beginning September 22 (via Variety). That even includes "special new footage" not present in the original cut."As a special thanks to Barbie fans, we’re excited to share a little bit more of our cast and crew’s incredible work by adding special ne
  
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• Rebel Moon was turned down by Warner Bros. more than once, according to Zack Snyder

  24-08-2023 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zack Snyder's new Netflix movie, Rebel Moon, was pitched to Warner Bros. more than once – but the studio said no. The sci-fi film is based on an old Star Wars idea of Snyder's and is arriving in two parts, with Part 1 coming this year, and Part 2 early next year. "I think in college I had said something to my professor about like, 'What about Dirty Dozen in space? Or like an ensemble movie like Seven Samurai in space,'" Snyder told Screen Rant. "And he's like, 'That's a pretty go
  
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• Starfield is "more Oblivion than Skyrim", according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer

  24-08-2023 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said Starfield is "more Oblivion than Skyrim" - and we can trust him, since he's been playing the Bethesda RPG for 200 hours. In an interview with IGN during Gamescom 2023, Spencer gave a small insight into Starfield, including how long he's had access to the upcoming game. "I think I'm on my 15th playthrough," Spencer told the outlet, "I'm probably 200 hours in, but not on one playthrough." So how long has it taken for the Xbox exec to rack up this many hour
  
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• We'll "hear more" about new Final Fantasy on Xbox Series X, says Phil Spencer

  24-08-2023 11:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox head Phil Spencer has addressed whether new Final Fantasy games like 7 Remake and 16 could ever make their way to Xbox platforms.In a new interview with IGN as part of Gamescom 2023, Spencer was quizzed on whether his recent appearance at Final Fantasy 14 FanFest to announce the MMO's port to Xbox Series X/S platforms could translate to more Final Fantasy games on the new-gen consoles.Spencer was a little coy about the subject. He stopped short of committing to bringing Final Fantasy 7 Rema
  
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• This open-world RTS adds RPG elements inspired by Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect, and it's tripled its Kickstarter goal

  24-08-2023 01:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new real-time strategy game blowing up on Kickstarter, and while it's most obviously inspired by Starcraft, it also adds RPG elements from games like Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect.ZeroSpace is the debut title from Starlance Studios and a collaborative effort with Ironward Team, described as a cinematic RTS with "an epic sci-fi story where your decisions determine the fate of the galaxy. No two matches play the same thanks to nearly limitless combinations of factions, mercenary uni
  
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• The other, cuter big city builder of 2023 finally has a release date

  24-08-2023 01:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  SteamWorld Build, the adorable management sim going toe-to-toe with Cities: Skylines 2 for biggest city builder of the year, has revealed a December 1 release date.For the uninitiated, SteamWorld Build is the latest entry in the venerable SteamWorld franchise, which centers around a race of ambitious steam-powered robots trying to escape a post-apocalyptic steampunk world. OK, now that I've written that out it doesn't sound nearly so cute, but just watch the release date trailer above and you'l
  
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• Meet Captain Marvel's new arch-enemy, The Omen

  24-08-2023 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Carol Danvers will have a brand new supervillain enemy to go with her new Captain Marvel ongoing title from writer Alyssa Wong and artist Jan Bazaldua later this year. Meet The Omen, the herald of a cosmic being known as The Undone who wishes to destroy Carol Danvers to pave the way for it to destroy the Earth, designed by Captain Marvel series artist Jan Bazaldua.You can catch a glimpse of the design for The Omen here, along with a look at Yuna, a young girl who falls into Carol Danvers' charge
  
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