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• Baldur's Gate 3 "had to be a D&D experience" which of course means "you have an idea in your head but chaos is going to take off"

  08-09-2023 23:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Larian Studios basically had to be the DM for Baldur's Gate 3's take on Dungeons & Dragons, which means that the developer had to account for all the chaos that normally ensues at the tabletop."It was very much the core of the game when we started working on it, because it had to be a Dungeon & Dragons experience," Larian boss Swen Vincke says in an interview with the official D&D YouTube channel. Vincke says this "is literally what you have at the tabletop. You come in as a game mas
  
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• Our obsession with the multiverse is partly why D&D's Planescape is coming back

  08-09-2023 23:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Planescape for D&D is weird. Actually, that's the point. Traditional fantasy takes one look at it before turning around on its heel and wandering off for something more sensible.With Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse bearing down on us in October, we caught up with the team behind it during Gen Con 2023 to see just what the hell is going on with what is arguably one of the most bizarre settings in D&D.
  Into the D&D-verse
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• If you thought Baldur's Gate 3 was wild, wait until you see the new D&D set

  08-09-2023 23:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Planescape for D&D is weird. Actually, that's the point. Traditional fantasy takes one look at it before turning around on its heel and wandering off for something more sensible.With Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse bearing down on us in October, we caught up with the team behind it during Gen Con 2023 to see just what the hell is going on with what is arguably one of the most bizarre settings in D&D.
  Into the D&D-verse
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• Chris Claremont is returning to Wolverine for Logan's 50th anniversary

  08-09-2023 23:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Comics is celebrating Wolverine's 50th anniversary in 2024 by bringing back one of the creators who most defined Logan as a character, legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont.Claremont and X-23: Deadly Regenesis artist Edgar Salazar will join forces for Wolverine: Madripoor Knights, a five issue limited series which serves as a sequel to the flashback story told in 1990's Uncanny X-Men #268 in which Wolverine, Black Widow, and Captain America team up to chase down a mystery on the streets
  
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• Meet the villain of Capwolf and the Howling Commandos #1 in this early preview

  08-09-2023 22:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's almost spooky season (or maybe it already is, if you're goth enough), and Marvel Comics is serving up an action packed superhero horror trick or treat goodie with an early preview of interior pages from Capwolf and the Howling Commandos #1 from writer Stephanie Phillips, artist Carlos Magno, and colorist Espen Grundetgern.Capwolf is, of course, the nickname given to Steve Rogers when he was turned into a werewolf in one of the weirdest, wildest stories of the '90s. In this flashback tale, w
  
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• The Boys star Chace Crawford to return as The Deep in Gen V

  08-09-2023 22:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chace Crawford is reprising his role from The Boys (and hopefully no dolphins will be hurt in the process).According to Entertainment Weekly, Crawford is set to cameo as The Deep in Gen V. Kevin Moskowitz, aka The Deep, is an Aquaman-style antagonist and has also been lovingly referred to by various supes as Fish Dick, Fish Boy, and Gill Tits. He can breathe underwater and communicate with sea creatures (which is probably why he had a love affair with both a squid and a dolphin).Created by Miche
  
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• The head of Fortnite is stepping down

  08-09-2023 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  After 25 years in the game industry, Fortnite boss Donald Mustard is retiring from his role as Epic's chief creative officer.Mustard announced his retirement, which goes into effect this month, on social media today, saying that among his many accomplishments, "I am especially proud of the opportunity I’ve had to help create and shape Fortnite." He added, "I can’t wait to now share in the future of Fortnite as a player alongside all of you! The teams are in the best hands and they ar
  
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• Fortnite dev's creative lead is stepping down

  08-09-2023 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  After 25 years in the game industry, Fortnite veteran Donald Mustard is retiring from his role as Epic's chief creative officer.Mustard announced his retirement, which goes into effect this month, on social media today, saying that among his many accomplishments, "I am especially proud of the opportunity I’ve had to help create and shape Fortnite." He added, "I can’t wait to now share in the future of Fortnite as a player alongside all of you! The teams are in the best hands and they
  
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• Even the processing power of PS5 can't conquer Baldur's Gate 3's notorious Act 3

  08-09-2023 19:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 is now on PS5, and while the processing power of Sony's console is able to handily present most of the game in line with the heartiest PCs out there, it's still no match for the game's notorious Act 3.That's according to a new report from the tech analysts at Digital Foundry, who have found that the PS5 version of Baldur's Gate 3 runs "at or close to" the PC version's ultra settings. In fact, PS5 even seems to offer subtly better shadow quality, and its denoise filter appears to
  
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• New time-themed Saw X poster hints at a horror movie full of flesh-backs

  08-09-2023 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Saw X poster is here – and it teases that the tenth chapter "cuts through time", which we can only assume means it'll be chock-full of flashbacks. Hardly a surprise, granted, given the fact that Tobin Bell's John Kramer appears in the official trailer and well, he died back in Saw III but it's still interesting to see the franchise focus so heavily on the past. In typical Saw style, the latest promos are fairly simple, showing only an Aztec calendar which is adorned with hi
  
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• "We messed up": MMO dev rushes to walk back pay-to-win battle pass after explosive Runescape protests

  08-09-2023 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Runescape developer Jagex has almost totally walked back the MMO's unpopular new pay-to-win Hero Pass, admitting "we messed up" after protests consumed the community. This fire has been burning for over a week now, but it really came to a head yesterday, September 7, as review bombs, subscription cancellations, and what we'll charitably call stern feedback from players intensified following middling responses from Jagex. A day later, the studio has now waved the white flag entirely, promisi
  
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• Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy brings the series' biggest puzzling adventure yet

  08-09-2023 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The heroes of Trine have returned for Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy. Amadeus the Wizard, Zoya the Thief, and Pontius the Knight are back for a new installment that promises our three Heroes their most action-packed journey yet.As a pair of troublesome nobles attempt to cause chaos with their army of clockwork soldiers, it's up to this intrepid trio to thwart them using an array of new skills. Trine 5 promises more puzzles than ever, but it's up to you to decide how you want to solve them. You
  
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• MMO player despairs after losing WoW Classic Hardcore character 10 levels away from the level cap to a misjudged jump

  08-09-2023 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  One unlucky MMO player has discovered just how brutal WoW Classic's new Hardcore mode can be.Hardcore realms were recently added to World of Warcraft Classic; here, if you die, you can't be resurrected and instead must either move to a non-Hardcore realm or start from scratch. It's tense stuff and can be devastating if you lose your character after pouring hours of time into them, particularly if it's over something minor. There are few who know this better than streamer Hozitojones, who recentl
  
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• New Kingdom Hearts 3 datamine all but confirms one character's link to Final Fantasy 15

  08-09-2023 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's no secret that Kingdom Hearts 3's toughest boss, Yozora, and Final Fantasy 15's Noctis have a lot in common, but a fan's datamine reveals that they originally had even more similarities. As spotted by Noisy Pixel, a Kingdom Hearts dataminer, known as @TruebladeSeeker on Twitter, has discovered some interesting details about Kingdom Hearts 3 Re Mind's (DLC) very mysterious boss, Yozora. According to the dataminer, at one point during the sequel's development, Yozora was supposed to have
  
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• Suits breaks a major streaming record, coming in second to Stranger Things

  08-09-2023 17:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Suits just broke a major streaming record.The legal drama, created by Aaron Korsh, has been watched for 26.5 billion minutes total across Netflix and Peacock since it was uploaded to streaming eight weeks ago, with the August 7-13 viewing window marking its seventh week in a row crossing the 3 billion minute mark (via Variety). Stranger Things still holds the record for the most minutes viewed in eight weeks, but Suits is "the first title ever to stay above 3 billion minutes for this long."Suits
  
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• Legendary Skyrim and Fallout artist brings their most popular mod to Starfield - unbelievably detailed eyes

  08-09-2023 17:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  A prolific Skyrim and Fallout modder has brought their incredibly detailed eye mod to Starfield.Yes, you read that right: eye mod. 'THE EYES OF BEAUTY' is a mod that's long been famed on the Skyrim and Fallout modding scenes for doing what it says on the tin - adding photorealistic eyes to your player character in Bethesda's RPGs. Now, it's Starfield's turn for the overhaul.On NexusMods, the mod's creator, LogRaam, reveals this new mod isn't just a simple reskin of the mod user in both Skyrim an
  
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• This website has the interactive Starfield maps that should've been in the game

  08-09-2023 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  If there's one nearly universal complaint about Starfield, it's that the map is close to useless. Luckily, there's now an online resource providing the interactive maps that probably should've been in the game to begin with.Map Genie is a website that's been around for years, providing extensive interactive maps for everything from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to the classic Assassin's Creed games. The site's breakdown of Starfield is still technically a work in progress, but it's a
  
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• It's one Jedi against the galaxy in Obi-Wan Kenobi #1

  08-09-2023 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Ahsoka currently taking a deep dive into the powers of the Force, it's a good time to look back at a previous Star Wars adventure. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a new six-issue miniseries from writer Jody Houser and artist Salvador Larocca that retells last year's epic Disney Plus series.Each issue of the new comic covers an episode of the TV show. The first one finds Obi-Wan in hiding on the desert planet of Tatooine many years after the Empire's purge of the Jedi. He's there to keep an eye on Luke, t
  
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• Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka is on the cover of the new issue of Total Film

  08-09-2023 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The covers of the upcoming issue of Total Film have been revealed, and they’re pretty sweet: Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet as young chocolatier Willy, is in the shop window. The issue goes on sale on Thursday, September 14, and subscribers will be receiving their copies shortly.In the cover feature, Total Film visits the legendary Abbey Road Studios as the score is recorded for the new musical extravaganza that tells of how Willy first became a candy man of renown. There are int
  
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• Confused Starfield pilot accidentally buys an entire faction's colossal base ship, somehow manages to fly it to another planet

  08-09-2023 16:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Starfield player has somehow managed to purchase the entire home base of the Crimson Fleet, and has successfully landed it on a planet.For the unfamiliar, the Crimson Fleet is a pirate faction in Starfield, and you meet them pretty early on in the spacefaring RPG when they attack you and your cohorts around a mining settlement. Their flagship is known as 'The Key,' and somehow, the player just below has actually managed to purchase the entire colossal spaceship itself.
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• Guillermo del Toro gives the perfect (and surprise) introduction to Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron

  08-09-2023 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Guillermo del Toro gave a surprise introduction to Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7."He knows what makes my fat butt move!" Del Toro the crowd. "Animation is film, and tonight’s film goes beyond that. Animation is art.""We are living in a time when Mozart is composing symphonies. Van Gogh is painting paintings. Because Miyazaki-san is a master of that stature," he continued. "He has made his films as full
  
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• As Starfield gets ugly comparisons to Cyberpunk 2077, CDPR lead says "this fake criticism is actively harmful"

  08-09-2023 15:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Cyberpunk 2077 veteran developer says comparisons to Starfield are "actively harmful."Senior Cyberpunk 2077 developer, Patrick K. Mills, has responded to a tweet comparing Starfield to the 2020 open-world RPG from CD Projekt Red. The video in the tweet shows how players in both games swim through water, how grenades detonate, and how NPCs react to things like having weapons pointed at them.
  How times have changed(Tbc this fake criticism is actively harmful to the way the audience interacts wit
  
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• Diablo 4 player cracks build to one-shot the game's nastiest foe despite being 31 levels below them

  08-09-2023 15:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Diablo 4 player has managed to pull off a spectacularly speedy victory against The Butcher despite being at a much lower level than the fearsome foe.Beating The Butcher in Diablo 4 is no easy task. He attacks fast, hits hard, and is tricky to avoid, making him a nightmare to take down. He's been wreaking havoc for fans since the game's launch, managing to rack up almost 6 million player kills in the first week alone. Now, though, one player has managed to get their own back by taking down the
  
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• First trailer for Godzilla spin-off TV series promises carnage and monster-sized mysteries – as release date confirmed

  08-09-2023 15:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Godzilla is back! Or he will be, come November 17 anyway. Ahead of its release date, Apple TV Plus has finally unveiled the first trailer for upcoming sci-fi spin-off series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – and it promises some big ol' kaijus and even bigger conspiracies.The clip, which you can watch above, sees a bunch of youngsters stumble across some ominous tapes left by John Goodman's Kong: Skull Island character William 'Bill' Randa, who used to work as a cryptozoologist for the titular
  
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• Here's how the new D&D class changes buff or nerf your favorites

  08-09-2023 14:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  More D&D class changes have dropped for the upcoming new edition of the game, and it provides some massive shakeups.Released as a PDF on D&D Beyond, this update for Dungeons and Dragons books revolves around the Barbarian, Fighter, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard classes (they were notably absent in the last rules drop). Although there are plenty of specific tweaks for each one that we'll get into later, the biggest D&D class changes might actually revolve around spells. In earlie
  
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• Winnie the Pooh is causing more carnage in Blood and Honey 2 first look

  08-09-2023 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first look at Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is here – and the once loveable bear is back to cause more carnage. In the pictures, which you can see below and which come courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, you can see iconic Pooh characters Christopher Robin, Piglet, Owl, and a younger version of Winnie himself. The images are very dark and moody, and they seem to promise another round of gory chaos. 
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• The Nun 2 post-credits scene breakdown: how does it connect to The Conjuring?

  08-09-2023 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning! Positively do not open if you're yet to watch The Nun 2. Spoilers, not Annabelle, inside.At the end of The Nun, it was revealed that Sister Irene's ally Frenchie had not only been possessed by titular demon Valak, but he was the guy who Patrick Wilson's Ed and Vera Farmiga's Lorraine Warren attempted to exorcise prior to the events of The Conjuring. It's understandable, then, that many have been desperate to find out whether The Nun 2 doubles down on the connection. There's also th
  
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• This adorable Starfield stop-motion animation turns the Bethesda RPG into a cozy miniature world

  08-09-2023 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Starfield fan known for creating miniature stop-motion-style animations has done exactly that and is giving fans a glimpse into the RPG's everyday world.YouTuber Flurdeh is continuing their 'Tiny Game Worlds' series where they take video game worlds and make them look like a miniature display at a museum or a stop-motion animation straight from Wes Anderson's animated works. Using a technique known as Tilt-Shift photography, Flurdeh takes games such as Elden Ring, Final Fantasy 7, Red Dead Red
  
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• It seems like The Boy and the Heron is no longer Hayao Miyazaki’s final movie

  08-09-2023 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  So it seems The Boy and the Heron may no longer be Hayao Miyazaki’s final movie. Studio Ghibli VP Junichi Nishioka suggested in a new interview that the animation pioneer has already been pitching some new ideas.The news came via journalist Eli Glasner who spoke with Nishioka on the red carpet at Toronto International Film Festival, where Miyazaki’s latest movie is premiering. Sharing the insight on Twitter, he wrote: "Exciting news for fans of Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli VP Junich
  
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• Starfield has an easy-to-miss assist to help you explore every corner of space

  08-09-2023 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Starfield player has provided an essential tip that I can't believe I didn't realize sooner.When you're out in the vast reaches of the star field and you pull up your space map, you'll see an overview of all the nearby star systems near you. As the player below points out, it turns out that each of these stars is coded according to a system of which stars you've already visited, which you're within distance of, and which you'll need to Grav Jump to.
  I'm level 34 and I JUST realized this about
  
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• James Gunn says the first DCU project won't be what people expect

  08-09-2023 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first DCU project won't be what you expect, according to James Gunn. While Superman: Legacy is the first DCU movie, the first DCU project is none other than Creature Commandos, an animated show heading to Max (formerly HBO Max)."It's animated so it's separate from the strike," Gunn wrote on Instagram in response to a fan (H/T Screen Rant). "We're working on it. I love it. I think it's going to be so different than what people expect."Creature Commandos will see Amanda Waller create anot
  
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• New Disney Plus deal lets you watch Ahsoka, Loki, and more for $1.99

  08-09-2023 12:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been keen to watch shows like Ahsoka that have had the internet buzzing but were put off by the cost, this Disney Plus deal will be of interest.For new and returning subscribers (sorry, existing members), you can pick up the streaming service for $1.99 per month for three months (or £1.99 if you're based in the UK). That means you'll only be paying $5.97 until December instead of almost $24, so you should be able to watch the rest of Ahsoka and a lot of Loki's second season at a
  
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• Ian McKellen has the perfect response about his retirement plans

  08-09-2023 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ian McKellen isn’t stopping acting any time soon. The Lord of the Rings actor shared a perfectly blunt response to the potential when he was asked about it recently. "Retire to do what?" McKellen replied incredulously when Variety broached the subject in a recent profile. "I’ve never been out of work, but I’m aware that any minute now something could happen to me which could prevent me from ever working again. But while the knees hold up and the memory remains intact, why
  
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• Xbox announces digital showcase for Tokyo Game Show 2023

  08-09-2023 12:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  This year's Tokyo Game Show will include a digital showcase dedicated to all things Xbox.Microsoft has revealed it will be hosting the Xbox Digital Broadcast during Tokyo Game Show 2023, which takes place later this month. According to a post on the official Xbox website Xbox Wire, the event will include "progress updates from Xbox and Bethesda Softworks" as well as a look at "a creatively diverse collection of games from creators predominantly located in Japan and across Asia". On top of that,
  
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• Bold Armored Core 6 veteran kicks off NG+ with two flight sim controllers for the ultimate challenge

  08-09-2023 12:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Someone's playing Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon with two flight controllers, picking up a long-held tradition of whacky controllers with FromSoftware's series.Yesterday, on September 7, an Armored Core 6 player took to the game's subreddit to ask everyone if they were a "psychopath." It's a pretty loaded question, and for good reason: they were playing the new game with two Gladiator NXT controllers, which are typically used to play games like Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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• Starfield shipbuilders hit peak levels of engineering with Thomas the Tank Engine build

  08-09-2023 12:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield's shipbuilders have gotten out of hand as one player painstakingly replicated Thomas the Tank Engine without using mods. As spotted in the Starfield subreddit, user MrCaine332 has gone to the effort of bringing their favorite locomotive into Bethesda's space RPG. What makes this creation particularly special is that it appears it was pulled off without the use of any mods - meaning the player in question had to put Thomas together piece by piece and make him ready for space, inste
  
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• Loki marketing goes to the next level – by taking over a real-world MCU location

  08-09-2023 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  A 25-foot Miss Minutes is the weirdest piece of Marvel marketing we’ve seen in a minute.Situated at Randy’s Donuts in Inglewood California, the iconic giant donut on top of the bakery has been covered with Miss Minutes, the charming clock mascot of the TVA from Loki.MCU-heads will also recognize it as the same place that Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark stopped for donuts and coffee during Iron Man 2 – before he was kindly asked to "exit the donut" by Nick Fury (Samuel L. J
  
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• Starfield surpasses 6 million players to become Bethesda's best launch yet, beating Skyrim and Fallout

  08-09-2023 11:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield has surpassed six million players on launch day, making it the biggest Bethesda launch of all time.Bethesda announced the figure yesterday, September 7, right after Starfield launched in full. Six million players at launch make Starfield the biggest Bethesda launch of all time, even if it skipped out launching on PlayStation platforms entirely.
  As of this morning, #Starfield has already surpassed 6 million players, making it the biggest Bethesda game launch of all time. pic.twitter.com
  
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