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• It's not the Switch 2, but Nintendo's got hardware news: its $100 alarm clock is coming to retail

  13-01-2025 23:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  As ever, Nintendo is absolutely unbothered by thoughts of what you want from the company. A Switch 2 announcement? Oh, Nintendo's got a hardware announcement for you, all right: the fancy little $100 alarm clock it launched last year is coming to retail.Yes, Alarmo – previously available only through Nintendo's official site for those who'd paid for a Switch Online subscription – will "be available in stores at participating retailers in March 2025, no Nintendo Switch Online membersh
  
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• The sicko inside me desperately needs to play this ludicrous horror game that retells Dante’s Inferno through the power of anime girls

  13-01-2025 23:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Little Goody Two Shoes developer AstralShift recently announced its next title, Hell Maiden, which AstralShift says is an "action-packed" retelling of Dante's Inferno starring a gorgeous anime girl who I'd be happy to marry, if I must."L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle," or "a love that moves the sun and other stars," begins Hell Maiden's teaser trailer, which borrows the sugar-soaked line from Paradiso, the final section of the Divine Comedy. A pulsing red heart appears behind it, twiste
  
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• New Netflix drama is climbing up the global top 10 with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score and harrowing true story

  13-01-2025 23:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Norwegian drama about World War II is climbing up the Netflix charts - and it has a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes.Per the official synopsis, Number 24 takes place on the brink of the Second World War, where a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future – and the future of his country. His sacrifice and acts of sabotage lead him to become Norway's greatest war hero. John Andreas Andersen directs from a screenplay by Erlend Loe and Espen Lauritz
  
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• Watch in awe as an Elden Ring master, playing with a saxophone that goes "doot," finally wrecks Malenia in 45 seconds without getting hit

  13-01-2025 23:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  "Elden Ring on saxophone by Dr. Doot" was bound to be a highlight of the Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 speedrun event, but I wasn't fully prepared to see Malenia, long regarded as the toughest boss in the base game, get taken down faster than Christmas decorations on January 1.Dr. Doot is well known on Twitch for clearing challenge runs of various games, from the FromSoftware stable to Zelda and Resident Evil, using an electric saxophone (a Roland AE-10 Aerophone). Notes are mapped to buttons on
  
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• The Helltaker creator has a new free game with ghost girls instead of demon girls, and after less than a month it's got over 9,000 Steam reviews at 96% positive

  13-01-2025 22:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Almost five years later, the creator of the cult puzzle hit Helltaker is back with another free game, and it's already a big hit on Steam with 96% positive user reviews.Awaria released last month while we were all collectively blinded by the haze of the holiday season, and impressively, it's still managed to rack up almost 10,000 reviews and Steam's coveted 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rating. Although frankly, it's pretty easy to see why.Developer vanripper bills its latest free game as "a short g
  
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• "Terraria will never die as long as there is one last final update," creator says as its 6th final update approaches at long last

  13-01-2025 22:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Terraria's approaching its 14th anniversary, and developer Re-Logic's unending dedication to providing free patches to the sandbox game has made the idea of a "final update" a loving in-joke among the community. The game's creators have embraced the meme, and that's not stopping in 2025."We are back to work tomorrow and I’ve got one single mission: releasing the final update," lead developer Andrew 'Redigit' Spinks said on Bluesky yesterday, which I guess means the studio is back to work a
  
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• Wu-Tang Clan's ODB is your guide to the multiverse in the new Lyrical Ruckus in the City graphic novel

  13-01-2025 21:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the comics highlights of late 2024 was the release of ODB: Oddities, Discord, & B-Sides – Lyrical Ruckus in the City, a graphic novel tribute to rap legend Ol' Dirty Bastard. The book reimagines New York as a fantastical place where different facets of the multiverse have collided, leading to a city where ghosts, time travellers, and superheroes share the streets of the Five Boroughs, and the late hip-hop hero (and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan) Ol' Dirty Bastard/ODB is ou
  
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• PowerWash Simulator is ending support for VR, "a platform which costs us more than it makes," after just 14 months

  13-01-2025 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The VR version of PowerWash Simulator is getting the axe some 14 months after its November 2023 launch because developer FuturLab has higher priorities than "a platform which costs us more than it makes."In a statement posted to Twitter today, FuturLab CEO Kirsty Rigden confirmed that PowerWash Simulator VR won't receive any more updates or DLC going forward, though the base game and all released DLC will remain purchasable and playable as normal. If you want to start playing the game or keep pl
  
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• Fallout and RPG veteran Josh Sawyer says most players don't want games "6 times bigger than Skyrim or 8 times bigger than The Witcher 3"

  13-01-2025 21:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Folks, RPG veteran Josh Sawyer has made it official: games are too dang long these days... or, at the very least, games as big as Skyrim and The Witcher 3 don't really need to be any bigger.I've been going on about games being too big for years now, so I've been glad to see several industry figures echo that sentiment. Last month, ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden argued 100-hour giants are unsustainable, and a "mismatch" for today's players anyway. Just a few days ago, former Bethesda veteran an
  
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• Star Adam Scott knew that Severance season 2 would get weirder, but had faith that the showrunners would steer it in the "right direction"

  13-01-2025 20:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Severance star Adam Scott says he knew the series would inevitably get weirder, but he had faith in creator Dan Erickson and executive producer Ben Stiller. "I loved Twilight Zone so much. I fell in love with the Twilight Zone when I was like 12. It was on every night, 11, and I just watched all of it. So I was just into the Twilight Zone and so when I first read the script five or so years ago, it drew those comparisons in my mind," Scott explains to GamesRadar+.Severance was created by Er
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 sleuth discovers "extremely dark" Astarion kidnapping scene that almost nobody has seen even more than a year later

  13-01-2025 20:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 has the soul of a doomsday prepper in the sense that the RPG is always ready for even the most unlikely scenarios, as one player recently demonstrated with a rare Astarion scene most people miss during a typical campaign.Here's the situation: it's possible that, after you long-rest multiple times in Act 3, vampire spawn will ambush your camp with the hope of returning Astarion to his sadistic master Cazador. And it is also possible that – as Reddit user Soft_Stage_446 expla
  
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• The Russo brothers said "f*** no" to directing Avengers: Secret Wars until "stumbling upon" the perfect idea: “That’s a story we need to tell”

  13-01-2025 19:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Russo brothers weren't too keen on returning to direct Avengers: Secret Wars - until they stumbled upon the right idea for the pic."Really what happened was, we ended up stumbling upon an idea that activated all of us," Anthony Russo told Empire. "You couldn’t see it coming until it came, and once it came it was like, 'Well, that’s a story we need to tell.'"The Russo brothers directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ave
  
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• Metal Gear Solid Delta and Assassin's Creed Mirage reportedly coming to Nintendo Switch 2 as third-party support revs up

  13-01-2025 19:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the heels of claims that the Nintendo Switch 2 and its alleged summer launch timing will finally be revealed as early as this Thursday, industry insider Nate the Hate reports that the new console's third-party lineup includes long-awaited remaster Metal Gear Solid Delta and a raft of Ubisoft games like Assassin's Creed Mirage.In a new video collecting predictions and rumors regarding Nintendo's Switch 2 plans, Nate the Hate claims that "one title that will be there within the launch window co
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 reveal reportedly coming this week ahead of June launch

  13-01-2025 19:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo Switch 2 rumors are coming to a head, and there are now so many reports suggesting that the console will finally be revealed this week ahead of a June launch that after years of hoping and speculation I’m finally starting to believe them.“I can share with you, right now, that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be revealed in the coming week,” Nate the Hate, a personality known for Nintendo leaks, said in the most recent edition of his podcast (check the 17:32 mark). He con
  
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• Solo Leveling season 2 changes one of the darkest scenes from the original comic

  13-01-2025 18:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Like any adaptation, Solo Leveling season 2 has naturally made some changes to its source material. But one moment in the anime's latest episode makes a small but significant alteration that changes the morality of its main character. Before we get into it, though, this is your warning that there are spoilers for Solo Leveling season 2 episode 2 ahead.The episode sees Sung Jinwoo fight and kill Kim Chul, with the implication being that Jinwoo was able to predict that he would attack him and ther
  
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• As League of Legends players blast 800-hour grinds, Riot says this "wasn't meant to get harder" and "we messed up" on the whole First Blood thing too

  13-01-2025 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest League of Legends season hasn't got off to a fantastic start, as fans have spotted an enormous change made to the amount of time it takes to unlock new champions for free, and the lead gameplay designer is already admitting "we messed up" with Feats of Strength's 'First Blood' Feat, too.When it comes to unlocking new League of Legends champions, if you don't want to splash the cash on League's premium currency, RP (which can be used to quickly unlock the game's now almost 170-characte
  
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• "It's simply impossible": Final Fantasy 14 lead explains why the MMO's difficulty level will never be "just right" for all players

  13-01-2025 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Final Fantasy 14 community has long found its members at odds over difficulty, and this discourse hasn't slowed down after Dawntrail or the expansion's subsequent patches - but as the MMO's lead battle designer himself puts it, the game's difficulty will likely remain a hot topic forever.Speaking in a recent interview with PC Gamer, Masaki 'Mr. Ozma' Nakagawa explains why he doesn't see Square Enix ever designing the "perfect" difficulty for all of Final Fantasy 14's players. "I believe it's
  
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• Netflix releases new trailer for vampire anime Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 ahead of this week's release

  13-01-2025 18:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The release of Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 is only a few days away, with the new episodes following Richter Belmont's band of vampire hunters as they prepare for their fight against the Vampire Messiah.A final trailer for the new season reveals that the journey will be physically and emotionally challenging for everyone involved, as the team tries to prevent the end of the world as they know it. The new footage sees the vampire-hunting revolutionaries marching into Paris, where war is about
  
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• Hideo Kojima is hard at work on Death Stranding 2, but he doesn't know how much longer he can stand the grueling game development process: "It's incredibly tough"

  13-01-2025 17:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding 2 seems to have entered the most widely loathed period in the game development industry – crunch, a period where designers work mercilessly long, thankless hours – and even game director Hideo Kojima is feeling the weight of it."Tired," Kojima recently wrote on Twitter, alongside a melancholy photo of the night sky and a very gloomy frowning emoji."The most demanding period of game development – both physically and mentally – commonly known as 'crunch time
  
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• Despite Marvel Rivals' mod ban, fans of the hero shooter are dropping more custom skins than ever: "Modding Marvel Rivals lives on"

  13-01-2025 15:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  NetEase Games recently enacted an official ban on Marvel Rivals mods, which should mean no more custom skins - but as is always the case with eager fans, the community has found a way and it seems modders aren't going anywhere any time soon.It's been a wild first season for Marvel Rivals so far, to say the least. Between its record-high player count and the addition of new characters like Mister Fantastic, a lot has been going on - but it hasn't all been positive. The fresh season also marked th
  
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• Sakamoto Days release schedule – when is episode 2 on Netflix?

  13-01-2025 15:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sakamoto Days is already firing on all cylinders. One of the season's biggest new anime releases, the story of a retired hitman-turned-shopkeeper has just launched on Netflix. So you may be wondering, given the streamer's propensity for dropping entire seasons at once, where episode 2 is.Don't worry, you're in luck. Below, we've got all the latest on Sakamoto Days episode 2's release plans. That includes a release date, expected streaming time, and a unique release schedule that includes the sho
  
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• Streamlabs says you'll be able to change the look of its AI Twitch stream co-host, but my heebies are still jeebied

  13-01-2025 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  What's shown at CES is always a big sign of where tech companies are headed in the year ahead, and to nobody's surprise, 2025's show was all about AI. Every company under the sun seems to be giving us its own AI these days, or backing the horse of an established one they've built new hardware entirely for. The latest to do so? Streamlabs, the Logitech-owned broadcasting app that makes live content creation easier, particularly for those entry-level streamers who don't want to brave the open sour
  
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• If I wasn't saving for a Switch 2 you know I'd be jumping on this PS5 Pro deal

  13-01-2025 14:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Most of us are still financially recovering from the holidays, so a sparkling brand-new console is the last thing on our minds. However, if you received some cash in lieu of gifts last month, or are just a little disappointed you didn't see a PS5 Pro-shaped gift under the tree, the new year could be the perfect time to treat yourself to the upgraded Sony pixel pusher.The PS5 Pro has just returned to its lowest ever price of £659 at Argos in the UK, which knocks off £40 from its hefty
  
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• Netflix has just dropped a new show from an award-winning director with no promotion, and viewers are loving it

  13-01-2025 14:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  When you log onto Netflix this week you might be surprised to spot a new TV show from multi-award-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda. The Japanese auteur, behind movies like Nobody Knows and Like Father, Like Son, has a new drama called Asura about four sisters who discover their father's affair.However, the family drama has arrived without much fanfare, as several Twitter users pointed out. In fact Netflix has barely seemed to promote the film at all, aside from a few tweets announcing that it
  
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• Scrapped Kraven the Hunter concept art reveals Venom connection cut from the movie

  13-01-2025 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like Kraven and Venom could have crossed paths on the big screen. A newly shared piece of concept art from Kraven the Hunter reveals that there was originally meant to be a Venom connection in the movie, but it never came to be.In the image, which you can see below, Venom lies fallen in what appears to be some sort of wasteland. "Here’s an environment shot done for a canceled sequence from Kraven the Hunter," artist Jules Darriulat wrote on Instagram.
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• Gladiator star Djimon Hounsou says he's still struggling to make a living as an actor despite multiple blockbuster roles

  13-01-2025 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite his vast body of work, Djimon Hounsou says he is still struggling to make a living as an actor and is underpaid after all his years in the industry."I am still struggling trying to make a living," said Hounsou in an interview with CNN. "After 30 years…maybe the first 10 years was trying to acclimate myself to the industry, to establish myself. But I’ve been in this business making films now for over two decades and with two Oscar nominations and been in many blockbuster film
  
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• After hitting #1 at the box office, Den of Thieves 2 star O'Shea Jackson Jr. evokes Deadpool and Wolverine and says he wants to "work with Gerard Butler until he's 90"

  13-01-2025 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  After hitting the top of the box office, Den of Thieves 2 star O'Shea Jackson has opened up about his dream of putting the pedal to the metal and turning it into a Fast and Furious-style major action franchise."I’m not gonna sugarcoat it: I’m trying to Vin Diesel this thing," Jackson – who plays wheelman and thief Donnie Wilson in both Den of Thieves movies – told Variety. "To quote Ryan Reynolds [in Deadpool and Wolverine], I want to work with Gerard [Butler] until he&rs
  
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• Sorry, an Alienware gaming handheld isn't on the way, but Dell says its looking "pretty heavily” at the space

  13-01-2025 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've been waiting on an Alienware gaming handheld for years now, and Dell just finally explained why it doesn't exist yet. Before you get too excited, the PC maker isn't about to release a Steam Deck rival, but it says it's a "space we are looking at pretty heavily."In a recent CES 2025 press briefing, Indian Express (paywalled article) delves into Alienware gaming handheld comments made by General Manager Matt McGowan. Rather than diving straight into portable PCs, the Dell GM first conceded th
  
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• Helldivers 2 creative director says the studio "shouldn't" have final say on the movie as "we are not Hollywood people," but it still sounds like it'll be involved in some capacity

  13-01-2025 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Helldivers 2 movie is a real thing that's actually happening, and the game's creative director Johan Pilestedt has finally weighed in on whether or not the team at Arrowhead Game Studios will be involved in its creation, even if he's being admittedly vague about it.On Twitter, one loyal Helldiver directly asks Pilestedt if the dev team is involved "to ensure the [film] stays faithful to the games," to which the studio's chief creative officer admits he's "been dodging this question" up until
  
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• It might have been more than 5 years since Avengers: Endgame but I never noticed this poignant detail about Thanos' death scene

  13-01-2025 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Endgame came out more than five years ago, but it seems it's the Marvel gift that keeps on giving. In a recent Reddit post that gained more than 10,000 likes, fans have been reminiscing about how perfect Thanos' death scene in the movie was."I’m watching Avengers: Endgame and I just think they did such an amazing job of Thanos‘s death at the very end," one user wrote, before going on to share what they loved so much. "But then Tony wins, he gets the gauntlet and snaps. And
  
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• Finspan briefly crashes Stonemaier games site in wake of massive wave of Wingspan fans

  13-01-2025 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just after Stonemaier announced the third and final installation in the Wingspan series, it appears their website was overloaded with interested board gamers. The site was so overwhelmed by fish-loving fans of the previous games that it briefly went down, despite Stonemaier having prepped their web host for an incoming wave of rampant ichthyophiles. I imagine they didn't put it like that, though it would explain why they didn't seem to get the message.As much as I'm excited about a fishy version
  
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• Sebastian Stan teases Marvel's Thunderbolts as he compares it to an iconic '80s teen movie

  13-01-2025 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Thunderbolts* is putting together a team of reformed supervillains, but don't make assumptions about them — as we've learned from the first trailers, this is a funny, sweet bunch of outsiders who find an unexpected chosen family.Sebastian Stan, who is reprising his role as Bucky Barnes and is leading the team, has teased the movie in a recent interview on Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast, saying: "It's a weird group thrown together, and I think people are going to love it".The actor
  
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• Fantastic Four's Julia Garner has perfect response to whether Silver Surfer will be live-action or CGI in the upcoming Marvel movie

  13-01-2025 12:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite the fact the Marvel Studios' upcoming Fantastic Four movie is due to hit screens in a matter of months, Silver Surfer star Julia Garner is holding her cards close to her chest in terms of what her Marvel comic book character will look like."You know. I'm — it's shiny," said Garner to ScreenRant in response to whether her Silver Surfer is CGI, live-action, or a combination of both. "But all the Silver Surfers are shiny, so it doesn't give you anything. I'm sorry. So we'll wait and s
  
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• "This is devastating": After 8 years of work, CS:GO mod that aimed to revive "the 1.6 vibe" apparently rejected by Steam "without any reason," despite previous contact with Valve

  13-01-2025 12:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  After being in development for almost eight years, a Counter-Strike Global Offensive mod that aimed to restore "the community aspects and aesthetics" of Counter-Strike 1.6 has reportedly been "retired" by Steam "without any reason" given. This is despite the fact that the mod team had apparently previously contacted Valve's legal team to iron out potential issues.Per its old Steam page, the Classic Offensive mod aimed to "recreate the 1.6 vibe" in CS:GO, but in a new statement shared on Twitter,
  
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• As the "incredible journey" to Baldur's Gate 3 wraps up, Larian Studios has its "full attention" on its next RPG: "The story ain't over yet"

  13-01-2025 12:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 set a high bar for the RPG genre as a whole, but it also marked a monumental turning point for developer Larian Studios - and now that work on the beloved Dungeons & Dragons game is coming to a close, the team has its sights set on the future.Sharing his thoughts in a recent post online, Larian lead Swen Vincke expresses how he feels "nostalgic" looking back at the "incredible journey" to Baldur's Gate 3 - incredible indeed, as the RPG reportedly helped the company make a min
  
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• Tom Holland collected all the Funkos of himself as Spider-Man, but had to put them in a cupboard because it was "quite embarrassing"

  13-01-2025 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Holland has shared his secret obsession with Funko Pops, and reveals he's collected a whole hoard of them. The Spider-Man star shared the insight with GQ Spain in a recent video, before admitting he has to keep them hidden."Funko Pops. I love Funko Pops. 43 bucks, worth every penny," he told the publication. "I think they're really cool. I've actually collected all of my Funko Pops. I kept them in my house for a long time but then it kind of got to the point where it looked like I had a shri
  
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• The Flash director explains why the DC movie flopped, suggesting that "a lot of people just don't care" about the character – despite one obvious counter-point

  13-01-2025 11:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Flash director Andy Muschietti has offered up a fresh reason as to why the DC movie stumbled in cinemas.Speaking on Radio Tu’s La Baulera del Coso (H/T Variety), Muschietti pointed out that the movie wasn't universally popular with what Hollywood terms the 'four quadrants': male over 25s, male under 25s, female over 25s, and female under 25s."The Flash failed, among all the other reasons, because it wasn’t a movie that appealed to all four quadrants. It failed at that," Muschiett
  
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• Severance season 3 is currently being worked on as Ben Stiller reveals they already have "an end" planned for the hit Apple show

  13-01-2025 11:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Severance is coming back this week for its long-awaited second season, but how far can the many mysteries of the Apple TV+ show go beyond the new batch of episodes?According to director and executive producer Ben Stiller, season 3 is already in the works, and the story will continue for as long as it makes sense with the tale. "You have a responsibility to the audience that you're going somewhere with it," he told Collider in a recent interview."That's always been a part of it for us, really und
  
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