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• Baldur's Gate 3 devs address Act 3 criticism including cut content and performance - and promise a better ending for Karlach

  29-08-2023 23:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Baldur's Gate 3 has broadly been beloved by, well, just about everyone, players have increasingly been raising concerns that Act 3 isn't up to the standards set by the earlier stages of the game. Developer Larian Studios has directly responded to those concerns, and says that fixes for some - but not all - of the points raised are coming.Criticisms of Act 3 have basically taken three forms: the performance isn't up to snuff, there are too many bugs, and there are indications that some cont
  
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• Diablo 4 gets its first major discount 3 months after launch, and it's a big one

  29-08-2023 23:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been holding out for a sale before diving into Diablo 4, well, you didn't have to wait very long. The action RPG has just gotten a major discount across all platforms, less than three months after launch.The sale runs until September 5 and promises discounts of "up to 25% off," according to a press release. The deal isn't live on consoles yet, but over on Battle.net you can pick up the Standard Edition of Diablo 4 for $54.59 (22% off, previously $69.99). If you want an upgrade, you can
  
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• Movie fans are sharing their favorite performances by non-actors

  29-08-2023 23:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Movie-watchers are sharing their love for the non-actors who gave surprisingly strong performances, from Eminem in 8 Mile to Kevin Garnett in Uncut Gems."Watching 8 Mile again recently I am surprised Eminem has not done more as an actor given how accomplished his performance is. Sure he is essentially playing himself but he does a great job and has a lot more natural screen charisma than the majority of musician-turned-actors," one person said. Someone was quick to point out that Eminem famously
  
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• Tula Lotay and Becky Cloonan embrace "erotic folk-horror" for their new DSTLRY title

  29-08-2023 22:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Creators Tula Lotay and Beck Cloonan are teaming up for a new creator-owned title called Somna, through experimental publisher DSTLRY. Both Lotay and Cloonan will each contribute to the writing and art, making their working relationship on Somna a rarity in the mainstream comic industry.As for the story, which will be previewed in DSTLRY's Devil's Cut anthology one-shot, Somna revolves around a murder mystery set amid the English witch hunts of the 1600s.
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• Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon gets wide theatrical release, is headed to IMAX

  29-08-2023 21:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon is set for a wide theatrical and IMAX release.The epic crime drama, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, first premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival where it received a nine-minute standing ovation.Based on the best-selling book of the same name David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in '20s Oklahoma and follows the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes under mysterious circumstances
  
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• Soulframe just became my most anticipated MMO after watching 30 minutes of its Elden Ring and Princess Mononoke-inspired gameplay

  29-08-2023 21:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although it's still early in development, Soulframe, the upcoming MMO from Warframe developer Digital Extremes, looks like an incredibly compelling Elden Ring-like fantasy RPG with some heavy Princess Mononoke-inspired themes. Digital Extremes recently unveiled a full 30 minutes of gameplay for Soulframe, the first we've seen of the game since its original, much less generous reveal back in March. I remember feeling intrigued but not entirely sold on what I deemed the "Soulslike MMO" then,
  
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• An animated LEGO Jurassic Park special is coming your way

  29-08-2023 21:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Peacock has announced an animated LEGO Jurassic Park special in honor of the movie's 30th anniversary."An animated special 65 million bricks in the making. Coming soon to Peacock," the streamer tweeted alongside a poster that features the classic red and yellow logo remade with LEGO bricks. The text at the very top refers to the special as an, "unofficial retelling." There aren't any further details yet, but the special seems to be an animated LEGO remake of the original 1993 film. Jurassic
  
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• Nobody wants to play a Cleric in Baldur's Gate 3, and one veteran RPG dev says it's got nothing to do with D&D rules

  29-08-2023 20:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3's least popular class is the Cleric, and one veteran CRPG developer says that this has nothing to do with how Clerics operate under fifth edition Dungeons and Dragons rules - players have been dodging the class for years.A week after the game's launch, Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios published a series of infographics detailing various player stats. Paladin was the most popular choice by some margin, followed by Sorcerer and Warlock, with every other class basically tied
  
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• Destiny 2 director admits Bungie had previously almost given up on PvP because it didn't "move the needle"

  29-08-2023 19:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Laying out Destiny 2's long-smoldering Crucible woes, game director Joe Blackburn says the studio was at one point unsure of the viability of PvP altogether because it hadn't "seen it move the needle."Speaking with PC Gamer, Blackburn recounts his return to Bungie in 2020 and describes the general mood around PvP at the time. "I'm not so sure about this thing in the long run," he recalls. "We haven't seen it move the needle. Have we ever been able to satisfy the PvP audience? How do we deliver p
  
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• Atari's making a sequel to Pong, and the weirdest part is that it looks awesome

  29-08-2023 18:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  I wasn't expecting to get a press release about a sequel to Pong in the year two thousand and twenty-three, but not all surprises are bad ones - Qomp2 looks weirdly awesome.Atari is billing Qomp2 as "a creative sequel to the seminal classic Pong that asks the question, 'what would happen if the pong ball escaped the paddles?'" The result borders on defying description, but to me it looks like playing through Portal by way of Celeste with a Pong ball. In more concrete terms, you've got a game whe
  
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• The Total Film FrightFest Awards 2023

  29-08-2023 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  There was blood. There always is. But this year’s FrightFest proved again just how much more there is to the horror genre than hosing hemoglobin.Rounding up 72 movies from around the globe and packing them all into five days of magical mayhem, the UK’s leading genre festival gave us everything from serial killers, ghosts, and zombies to ghastly mythical creatures, soul-chilling visions of eternal damnation, and realities that splintered before our saucered eyes. There was even a seve
  
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• Cyberpunk thriller Joyama returns for a third and final volume

  29-08-2023 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daniel Isles's manga-inspired thriller Joyama returns for its third and final volume next May. The cyberpunk saga, published by Dark Horse, follows a group of mercenaries known as "Outrider Soldiers" who are hired by the government to take down organized crime in the futuristic city of Joyama.The series began last year and marked writer/artist Isles's graphic novel debut. The second volume ended in tragedy when one of the three core characters, Silas, was killed. Now his comrade Arwen must pick
  
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• Cover Reveal – Assassin's Creed Mirage

  29-08-2023 18:00
  
  Ubisoft revealed Assassin’s Creed Mirage last September as part of a special stream celebrating the series’ 15th anniversary. Now, one year later, and a little over one month before the game hits PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, it’s getting the Game Informer spotlight on our latest cover! We traveled to France to speak with Ubisoft Bordeaux, a relatively new studio in the worldwide company’s massive stable of studios. After opening its doors in 2017, Ubisoft Bordeaux has worke
  
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• Make your ideal Starfield character now with this impressive build planner

  29-08-2023 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield is still several days away from release, but you can already create your ideal character thanks to a new build planner. With 1,000 planets to explore and systems that are there to set you up for 500 hours of roleplay, there's a lot to do in Starfield. As such, you might not want to be lingering in the character creation menus too long, but with a host of choices to make regarding their background and stats, you'll want to consider your options carefully. Thankfully, ther
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 patch 2 is "around the corner" and might fix your favourite characters' ending

  29-08-2023 17:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Patch two for Baldur's Gate 3 is "around the corner," and will begin tweaking epilogues for certain characters.Earlier today on August 29, Larian announced that patch two for Baldur's Gate 3 is "around the corner," which is probably a lot sooner than anyone expected it. Considering the hefty patch 1, complete with over 1,000 bug fixes and remedies, launched just last week, this is a really tight turnaround from Larian.
  Patch 2 is around the corner. It features major performance improvements, man
  
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• 100+ hours in, Baldur's Gate 3 players are discovering how to make Wizards OP

  29-08-2023 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Baldur's Gate 3 player has shared a Wizard-empowering button that they only discovered after more than 100 hours with the game. And it turns out they're not the only ones.In D&D, certain classes can 'transcribe' spells into their spellbook, giving them permanent access to the magic after a little bit of practice. It's a mechanic that Baldur's Gate 3 limits to the Wizard class, and charges a little bit of extra gold for - in the tabletop game, you'd spend a few hours learning a new spell,
  
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• Starfield writers struggled to transition from Skyrim and Fallout

  29-08-2023 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Going from Skyrim to Fallout 4 and then subsequently Starfield proved a challenge for some of Bethesda’s writers. Speaking to Polygon, design director Emil Pagliarulo tackles a multi-faceted question over how much involvement they had with a 200,000-line script and how you might ensure a tome that large contains depth and doesn’t leave any character sounding like someone “reading out of a book at a lecture in a college hall.”“There are a couple of things there,
  
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• Ayaneo KUN scheduled to arrive this October to take on the Steam Deck

  29-08-2023 17:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remember the Ayaneo KUN? Well, the chonky Steam Deck rival is ready to launch on Indiegogo, and it’s scheduled to arrive this October. Not only will the hulking gaming handheld feature four times the battery capacity compared to Valve’s machine, but it’s got a whopping 8.4-inch 1600p screen. Better still, while its price tag is undeniably premium, it looks like it’ll cost the same as its predecessor.The best gaming handheld race is really heating up, and Ayaneo is no long
  
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• New horror movie starring Lord of the Rings and Doctor Who actors gets creepy first look

  29-08-2023 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  New horror movie Starve Acre has a creepy first look, featuring Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power actor Morfydd Clark and former Doctor Who Matt Smith. Directed by Daniel Kokotajlo, the film will screen in competition at this year's London Film Festival. In the first look, which you can see below, Clark's character looks directly into an open flame, while Smith's is seen in a large, muddy hole. 
  Daniel Kokotajlo’s ‘Starve Acre’ starring Morfydd Clark & Ma
  
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• A new Netflix thriller is #1 - and viewers are comparing it to Kill Bill

  29-08-2023 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  A one-off British thriller series has reached the number-one spot on Netflix just five days after hitting the streamer.Who is Erin Carter? stars Evin Ahmad as the titular heroine. The British teacher and mother relocates to Spain and suddenly finds herself caught up in a supermarket robbery. When one of the robbers claims to recognize her, her life threatens to unravel. Created by Jack Lothian, the cast includes Sean Teale, Indica Watson, Denise Hough, Pep Ambros, Susannah Fielding, and Douglas
  
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• Nintendo Direct promises 15 minutes of Super Mario Bros Wonder this week

  29-08-2023 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're getting a pre-September Nintendo Direct packed with information for Nintendo's next big release, Super Mario Bros. Wonder.The Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct will broadcast on August 31 at 7am PDT / 10am EDT / 3pm BST. You'll be able to tune in via YouTube, or you can just bookmark this page and check out the embedded stream below. Nintendo says the presentation will be "roughly 15 minutes" in length. "Join us for an in-depth look at Mario's latest 2D side-scrolling adventure in the l
  
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• The Marvels runtime leak is a big surprise

  29-08-2023 16:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Marvels runtime seems to have leaked – and it's got us raising our eyebrows. If accurate, the runtime would make the sequel the shortest ever MCU movie.Per runtime leaker Cryptic4KQual, who has a track record for proven runtime predictions for The Mandalorian season 3 and Ahsoka (H/T CBR), The Marvels will be a tight 1 hour and 38 minutes. Without credits, that's 1 hour and 33 minutes. But, the scooper stresses that this isn't final, so we could expect to see it shift up or down. Of co
  
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• Everyone's new favorite FromSoftware character is also the only nice person in Armored Core 6

  29-08-2023 16:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon players are head over heels for Rusty, who's just about the nicest person in FromSoftware's new game.Well, it's not like being the nicest person in Armored Core 6 takes a great deal of effort, admittedly. Per our Armored Core 6 review, the game is as dark and depressing as FromSoftware's games usually are. All Rusty had to do was call the player character "buddy" and Armored Core 6 players are now madly in love with the merc, with one player writing on Reddit tha
  
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• Cozy MMO breaks world record by getting 10,000 players to take part in an in-game concert

  29-08-2023 15:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Journey developer thatgamecompany has made history with its cozy MMO Sky: Children of the Light via an in-game concert attended by a record number of players.Earlier this month, the studio announced its intentions to hold a virtual concert in an attempt to claim the Guinness World Record for "Most Users in a Concert-Themed Virtual World". Now, massive congratulations are in order as thatgamecompany has managed to make it happen. On August 25, over 10,000 Sky: Children of the Light fans came
  
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• Michael Fassbender is a terrifying hitman in first trailer for David Fincher's new Netflix crime thriller

  29-08-2023 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for David Fincher’s new thriller The Killer has arrived.Per the official longline: “After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.” Michael Fassbender plays the assassin in question, wielding guns, donning disguises, and repeating hitman-themed mantras to himself throughout the entire trailer.“Empathy is weakness, weakness is vulnerability," Fassbender's hitman says. "
  
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• Sonic Superstars team doesn't think pixel art will be a "viable" art style in 10 years

  29-08-2023 15:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic Superstars is an exciting return to the Blue Blur's 2D origins, but its new art style exists because its developers don't think the classic pixel art approach will be "viable" in future. Speaking to GamesRadar+ at Gamescom 2023, Sonic Team head and Sonic Superstars producer Takashi Iizuki discussed (via a translator) the importance of having both 2D Sonic games, like Superstars, and 3D titles like last year's Sonic Frontiers."When we talk about the brand, we definitely need to have a
  
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• John Wick 4 director defends one of the film's biggest criticisms

  29-08-2023 15:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  John Wick Chapter 4 introduced a new villain into the franchise in Bill Skarsgård's terrifying Marquis. He was undoubtedly a fitting threat to Keanu Reeves’ assassin, especially given the movie’s surprising ending. However, we weren’t alone in finding something slightly odd about Skarsgård's accent in the film.Unsurprisingly, given his name, the Marquis appears to be a powerful French aristocrat who holds a high rank in the High Table. Yet, in the movie, his accent
  
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• Exclusive Ahsoka reveal: Sabine Black Series helmet replica on the way

  29-08-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Star Wars Black Series replica is heading our way, and GamesRadar+ can exclusively reveal the Sabine helmet from Ahsoka.Offering a wearable, electronic version of the Mandalorian's signature look with premium deco, this Black Series Sabine helmet recreates the armor as seen in Ahsoka. We've got a full gallery below, but it looks to be a pretty faithful recreation of the piece from the new series.Although it's similar to another entry in the line (the Black Series Bo Katan helmet, which we
  
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• WoW Classic Hardcore world-first race is won by MMO gambler who nearly threw their 70-hour run

  29-08-2023 13:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  A WoW Classic player has won the race to boost a character to the maximum level cap on the MMO's newly introduced Hardcore servers. Streamer VitochieR1 has achieved the feat as of August 28 with a run that clocks in around 70 hours, which is four days after the perma-death server launched. As Wowhead notes, the dedicated combatant used a Gnome Mage with a dedicated frost area-of-effect build. While most runners opted for a single-target frost build as it's the safer choice, Vitochie to
  
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• Pedro Pascal and Chris Hemsworth crime thriller shoots to top of our most-anticipated list – and it's ignited a bidding war

  29-08-2023 13:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pedro Pascal and Chris Hemsworth are starring together in a new crime thriller – and it's reportedly got Netflix and Amazon battling it out in a fierce bidding war. Per Deadline, the two streaming giants are going head to head for the project, which is titled Crime 101 and is based on a Don Winslow novella. Bart Layton will direct. While the publication says no deals are actually in place just yet, the report points out that both Hemsworth and Pascal showed their interest prior to the
  
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• Armored Core 6's mechs were designed by Evangelion and Mobile Suit Gundam veterans

  29-08-2023 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon quietly recruited some mecha design greats, including alumni from Neon Genesis Evangelion and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury.As Automaton Media first noted earlier this week, Armored Core 6's credits including a few intriguing names. In terms of designers, former FromSoftware developer and mechanical designer, Takayuki Yanase, returned to work on mechs for Armored Core 6, and their previous work includes hits like Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Mobile Suit
  
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• Star Wars fans have a terrifying Ahsoka theory about Thrawn’s arrival

  29-08-2023 13:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Grand Admiral Thrawn’s arrival hung heavy over Ahsoka episode 1 and 2, after the map leading to his potential location was found by Ahsoka Tano. After a brutal lightsaber battle between Sabine Wren and Shin Hati, this found its way into the wrong hands as Morgan Elsbeth readied the Eye of Sion to try and find the Imperial and bring him back for good.We know from the Ahsoka trailer that Thrawn will be making an appearance at some point, and will be played in live-action by his voice actor i
  
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• Days before launch, Starfield claims Steam's #1 top seller spot from Baldur's Gate 3

  29-08-2023 12:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield is sitting proudly at the top of Steam's top-seller charts days before its official release.It's among the most anticipated titles of the year, and the wait is almost over, as Starfield officially launches next week on September 6. As we near that all-important date, scores of fans are getting their pre-orders in on Steam, so many in fact that it's currently outselling the mighty Baldur's Gate 3 on Valve's platform.The Steam top sellers chart for the US shows Starfield currently holds
  
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• We finally have an official Marvel timeline – thanks to this new MCU book

  29-08-2023 12:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Marvel timeline, for most, won’t matter too much. Movies and shows take place roughly in the order they were released, right? Look a little deeper, however, and there’s years of convoluted and confusing chronology to untangle. Case in point: Thor, The Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man 2, inexplicably, take place in the same week.Now we can settle years of debates and headaches over what goes where and what comes before (or after) certain projects. That’s right, we now have an o
  
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• Controversial HBO series canceled after one season

  29-08-2023 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's the end of the road for The Idol. The controversial HBO series, which one reviewer called "one of the worst programs ever made", has been canceled after one season. Lily-Rose Depp starred as Jocelyn, a pop star making her comeback after a mental health crisis derailed her last tour. She meets and begins a complex relationship with cult leader Tedros, played by Abel Tesfaye (AKA The Weeknd).  "The Idol was one of HBO’s most provocative original programs, and we’re pleas
  
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• Diablo 4's biggest Platinum bundles don't always save you money

  29-08-2023 12:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  It turns out that Diablo 4's in-game bundle deals aren't actually always deals.If you shelled out, say, $113.49 Canadian Dollars in Diablo 4 for its Platinum premium currency, you'd probably expect a pretty sweet return for your investment. Sadly, you'd be mistaken, as the player below attests to, because it would actually be cheaper for you to purchase two lots of 5,700 Platinum at $64.99CAD and one lot of 200 Platinum at $2.99CAD.
  The last tier isn't a deal. It's cheaper to buy 2 at 64.99 and
  
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• The Flash's original ending has leaked – and it would have been a perfect way to set up the new DC universe

  29-08-2023 12:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  The original ending of The Flash has seemingly been leaked – and it would have been the best way to say farewell to the DCEU.The Audience Reactions YouTube channel has uploaded a version of the closing moments of The Flash (which we can independently verify is real) from a June 1 screening. You can see it for yourself below.
  Ok here's the ending to The Flash from early screenings, edited by the Audience Reactions channel https://t.co/OYS7qejhRX pic.twitter.com/UFoI2ifaQJAugust 27, 2023See
  
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• Ahsoka fans have another Star Wars theory – is Marrok really just... Marrok?

  29-08-2023 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahsoka fans have been speculating wildly about the identity of the mysterious Inquisitor Marrok, but a new theory might just take the cake. One Star Wars enjoyer has taken to Reddit to bravely put forth their idea: what if Marrok is actually Marrok?"Not sure if it's been asked, but how would y'all feel if Marrok was… just Marrok?" they ask. "He’s got a cool look already. I feel any of the theorized reveals may be bad for the show's pacing, but I can see people being disappointe
  
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• Troubled survival MMO The Day Before could run from one trademark dispute right into another

  29-08-2023 11:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  A name change could be in store for mysterious MMO The Day Before, as it attempts to resolve its trademark dispute - though this could in fact to lead to another trademark dispute.As first reported by Well Played, The Day Before developer Fntastic and publisher Mytona have filed a joint trademark for "Dayworld" under the name Mytona Fntastic, which appears to be a joining of the two companies. This Dayworld listing specifically highlights "downloadable game software" and "downloadable video game
  
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• Sonic Superstars Preview – Playing Co-Op In A New Zone

  29-08-2023 10:00
  
  Platform:PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC Publisher:Sega Developer:Arzest, Sonic Team Release: October 17, 2023 Rating:Everyone As part of our last issue's cover story, we provided exclusive insight into Sonic Superstars, the upcoming 2D platformer starring everyone's favorite blue hedgehog. We gave first hands-on impressions with several never-before-seen zones (read all about them here), but I recently got my hands on another all-new zone that I didn't see e
  
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