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• Behold, a Super Mario 64 player discovered that a 34-frame loop repeated 2.8 million times over 36 days can make a log drift through a cliff: "This has no currently known purpose"

  14-01-2025 23:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Few games have been broken down and analyzed the way Super Mario 64 has, but I'm having a difficult time thinking of a more delightfully obscure piece of trivia than this: the game's rolling log can be pushed out of its starting position because of floating point rounding errors.There's a big rolling log on Super Mario 64's Tall, Tall Mountain course that, normally, you just move slightly from side to side in order to reach the highest parts of the level. But modder and tool-assisted speedrun cr
  
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• The folks behind some of the best anime-style games of the past 5 years have a cyberpunk game out this week, and it's my first must-try Metroidvania of 2025

  14-01-2025 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  You're basically guaranteed a good time when Team Ladybug and WSS Playground get together, so the former's upcoming cyberpunk Metroidvania game Blade Chimera immediately had my attention. It's out on Steam and Nintendo Switch this Thursday, January 16, per the website of co-publisher Playism, and it's got a demo out now. I gave it a play and quickly fell back in love with that Team Ladybug style, so I reckon I know what I'm doing this weekend.Team Ladybug is known for Metroidvania hits like Touh
  
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• After 2 months of brutal Steam reviews, Assassin's Creed Origins and Valhalla patch fixes "compatibility issues" with a Windows update that made them nearly unplayable

  14-01-2025 22:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Valhalla both have new patches aimed at fixing issues with a 2024 Windows update that made the games virtually unplayable for two months.Microsoft started rolling out Windows 11 version 24H2 last year, and it wasn't long before players started noticing some pretty severe issues with the functionality of several Ubisoft games. Many of those issues were fixed promptly, but for whatever reason they lingered for some time on Assassin's Creed Origins and
  
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• Marvel Rivals devs threaten keyboard and mouse adapter users with permanent bans: "On PC or console, we will take measures to vanquish this nefarious behavior"

  14-01-2025 22:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Marvel Rivals devs are getting more explicit about their plains to counter keyboard and mouse adapters like XIM. NetEase is upping its detection measures and threatening users of these devices with punishments up to permanent account suspensions."We have forged a strong detection tool and couple with the keen judgment of our watchful human eyes to accurately identify those using keyboard and mouse adapters," the devs say in a new statement. "We believe that gaining an unjust advantage throug
  
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• The Sims 4 is getting "huge" base game updates for the series' 25th anniversary, including a new main menu and over 70 items

  14-01-2025 21:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of the 25th anniversary of The Sims series, EA revealed and began rolling out a series of updates for The Sims 4 which includes some base game upgrades.A patch out today, January 14, brings a refreshed main menu for The Sims 4, designed to remove the "clutter" and better prioritize some key buttons. "New Game / Resume Game has moved from right to left, as have a few of the other navigation options," an EA blog post explains. "Home, Events and Store can be found at the top, along with the O
  
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• Alien: Romulus director says he wants to "go into uncharted waters" with Ridley Scott's franchise and take it "to a place we've never been before"

  14-01-2025 20:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fede Alvarez says he's ready to go big or go home for his next Alien movie."Rodo [Sayagues, co-writer] and I are working on that right now," Alvarez told Empire. "We're excited about where it can go. We've almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn't seen in a while. Wherever we go now, we can go into uncharted waters. I think it'll be so exciting to go with characters you know from this movie, to a pl
  
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• Marvel Rivals probably isn't nerfing Jeff the Shark's ultimate any time soon, but the game's director does have an "interesting tip" for avoiding it

  14-01-2025 20:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals can't save you from getting nom-nom'd by Jeff the Shark's tough-to-dodge ultimate, but the hero shooter's game director does have some advice for avoiding it.So far, NetEase in general has been pretty hands-off when it comes to balance in Marvel Rivals - although it did get its first balance patch with Season 1 - and that approach very much extends to the game's lovable but also very hateable anti-hero, Jeff the Shark. If you've played Marvel Rivals for any length of time, you're f
  
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• Lunar Remastered Collection launches this April for $50, or about $150 less than the original PS1 JRPGs would cost you in 2025

  14-01-2025 19:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  JRPG fans got a very pleasant surprise with the announcement of the Lunar Remastered Collection last year, bringing an end to a decades-long drought of re-releases for these beloved games. Today, publisher GungHo has confirmed that the collection launches April 18 for $50, which is a whole lot less than you'd be paying for the PS1 originals.Lunar Remastered Collection hits PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC digitally on April 18 for $49.99 / €49.99. The physical editions will be slightly more ex
  
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• The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs praise and support vampire RPG from former CDPR staff: "These games have shared lineage and shared values"

  14-01-2025 19:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rebel Wolves, a new studio filled with designers who previously worked on Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 at CD Projekt Red, has formally revealed and titled its debut open-world vampire RPG after some teasers last year. The Blood of Dawnwalker is the "first chapter" in a new "role-playing saga," and it looks good so far.Given its pedigree, some people have understandably drawn comparisons to The Witcher 4 on the heels of its own full reveal, with some folks transparently looking to dismiss or
  
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• Longlegs director says he's going to the "extremes," says we can expect "explosive gore" with new Stephen King adaptation: "There’s a lot of mess"

  14-01-2025 18:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Longlegs director Osgood Perkins says The Monkey is going to be an over-the-top gorefest - and we're here for it."If you’re going for comedy then you're going for extremes. Not subtlety," Perkins told Empire. "We are guilty of putting far more blood in our human bodies than is really in a human body. When someone explodes in this movie - and a couple of people do - there's a lot of mess. All the death set-pieces were hard to do. They all have a Rube Goldbergian connectivity - this happens,
  
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• DC's Black History Month 2025 plans will revive a long dormant super-team with Batman, Vixen, and more on board

  14-01-2025 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  February is Black History Month in the United States. To celebrate, the annual DC Power anthology is returning once again with a new one-shot which lays the seeds for a surprise spin-off. DC Power: Rise of the Power Company is a 32-page special featuring four new stories, one of which will be expanded upon in a separate release later in the year.The two-part 'Company Man' is written by Brandon Thomas and illustrated by Charles Stewart III, Anthony Fowler Jr., and Ulises Arreola. It focuses on Jo
  
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• After packing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with content, Masahiro Sakurai unsurprisingly says that working out a game's volume from the start is important

  14-01-2025 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  When it comes to making games, Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai believes that working out the amount of content included in them early on is important, which is perhaps unsurprising when you consider just how much was packed into his latest fighting game installment. Super Smash Bros Ultimate will be seven years old this December, if you can believe it, but I'm still in awe at the sheer amount of stuff that the devs included. Alongside the endlessly replayable main fighting mode,
  
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• New trailer drops for The Witcher anime movie revealing returning stars from the live action Netflix series

  14-01-2025 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before Liam Hemsworth makes his debut as the monster hunter in The Witcher season 4, Netflix is releasing a new animated film starring Geralt de Rivia. The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is arriving on February 11, and its first full trailer promises a brutal war between humans and sea creatures.The movie brings back game voice actor Doug Cockle as the White Wolf, who is joined by returning live-action stars Joey Batey as Jaskier, and Anya Chalotra as Yennefer. Christina Wren completes the main vo
  
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• Skyrim artist secretly worked to save the RPG's ugly werewolves from getting cut before taking a demo to Todd Howard and getting a big reaction: "This is f***ing awesome"

  14-01-2025 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The beauty standard for werewolves is a confusing thing – should the beasts have opposable thumbs? Tails? Is it ok for them to be clean-shaven, or should every inch of their bodies be matted in dog fur? These questions with no answers initially made the werewolves in Skyrim look like embarrassing atrocities, but then former Bethesda senior artist Dennis Mejillones graciously gave them a total makeover to save them from being cut from the RPG entirely.In a new interview with YouTube channel
  
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• Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 devs boast of a 2.2 million word script that would break Baldur's Gate 3's world record, and Larian's publishing director says "I hope they do!"

  14-01-2025 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 currently holds the world record for the longest video game script at over 2,000,000 words, but it looks like the upcoming RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 might just eclipse that. Larian's own publishing director is even rooting for the devs at Warhorse Studios to do so.Warhorse reaffirmed on Twitter that the Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 script is over 2,200,000 words, correcting an older figure shared by YouTuber ESO_Danny (thanks, 80 Level). Director Daniel Vávra shared t
  
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• Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 set photo reveals an important new location that might have debunked a big Easter egg from the first movie

  14-01-2025 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new look at Five Nights at Freddy's 2 has been revealed - and it may or may not debunk a fan theory about an Easter egg in the first movie.If you saw Five Nights at Freddy's, you might remember that the pizzeria is, uh, no longer standing by the end of the film. Not to worry, however, because a new pizzeria location has arrived - and it's only a little less rundown than its predecessor. Check out the photos below.It's been theorized that the sequel will adapt the plot of the second game, which
  
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• There's a Catan version of the Exit board game coming, for which I am both excited and bemused

  14-01-2025 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Who knew there was such a massive crossover between the Catan fandom, and escape room likers? Yeah, a Catan version of EXIT: The Game just landed in my inbox and I'm as much perplexed as I am excited for the upcoming release.As part of Catan's 30th anniversary celebrations, Thames & Kosmos is bringing us Exit: The Game - Adventures on Catan, an escape room-style game with nods to the original Catan gameplay. One that could garner quite a lot of attention, being themed around one of the best
  
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• Dr. Stone season 4 release schedule – when is Science Future episode 2 on Crunchyroll?

  14-01-2025 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even a Senku-sized brain may have trouble with keeping tabs on the revolving calendar of release dates and streaming times from anime's winter season.Chief among them is Dr. Stone season 4. Titled Science Future, the final season of the science-heavy anime is now airing, but you may wonder where on earth the second episode is.While anime typically hides the goods, we're here to make things plain and simple: below, we've got the Dr. Stone season 4, episode 2 release date and streaming time on Cru
  
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• Hatsune Miku hits Fortnite, immediately steals everyone's dance moves: "This is the greatest game of all time"

  14-01-2025 17:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The day is finally here – Fortnite Hatsune Miku is real, she's got a gun, and she's hiding in our Wi-Fi. At this point, it feels like no Fortnite collab is impossible – the arrival of everyone's favorite Vocaloid star is just the latest example of that – and fans everywhere have already been rushing to splash their V-Bucks for the most important reason: making Miku steal everyone else's dances.All over social media, the Mikupocalypse has begun. No matter where I scroll, I see h
  
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• The Last of Us fans think they've worked out an exact premiere date for season 2

  14-01-2025 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us season 2 is only a few months away from premiering, but we still don't have an exact release date for the new batch of episodes. The only official update so far is that season 2 will premiere sometime in April 2025, but fans think they've worked out when exactly the season premiere will air.The Last of Us airs in HBO's coveted Sunday night slot, so it's already narrowed down to four potential dates. What's more, The White Lotus season 3, which starts on February 16, airs through A
  
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• Marvel Rivals will get new heroes every 6 weeks, game director says

  14-01-2025 17:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals is getting a rather fantastic group of four new heroes over Season 1, and NetEase isn't stopping there. The plan is to release multiple heroes a season, meaning a new face should join the roaster every month-and-a-half.Speaking to the Metro, game director Guangyun Chen says the seasonal model for Marvel Rivals is to roll out "fresh seasonal stories, new maps, and new heroes," but there's more to be gleaned. While each season lasts three months, they'll be split in half, and for eve
  
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• Good news Sailor Moon fans, this fan-fave '90s anime series is making a comeback

  14-01-2025 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  An anime classic is making its way to Adult Swim this month, in case you're feeling nostalgic. After more than 30 years since its original premiere, fan-favourite show Sailor Moon will air on the new Toonami block starting later this month.As one of the main titles in the first wave of anime popularity for Western audiences, and responsible for introducing a whole generation of fans into the medium in the early '90s, Sailor Moon is nothing short of legendary. That's why this comeback to American
  
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• Palworld's multi-million player launch was originally in the hands of just one server guy who was "trying his best"

  14-01-2025 16:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  When Palworld launched in January 2024, developer Pocketpair had just one employee overseeing the servers – which were quickly flattened under the weight of 2.1 million players on Steam alone."He was trying his best," Palworld global community manager Adam Buckley tells Polygon.At the time, the game's entire dev team was just 35 people, and that's with external developers included. None of them expected the runaway start that made Palworld the third-biggest Steam launch of all time, to say
  
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• The Apothecary Diaries season 2 release schedule – when is episode 2 on Crunchyroll?

  14-01-2025 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  You don't need Maomao's litany of lotions and potions to figure out when the next episode of The Apothecary Diaries season 2 is going to be released.Below, we've got the confirmed Crunchyroll release date for The Apothecary Diaries season 2, episode 2. That includes a US and UK streaming time, expected release schedule, and episode count. All just a quick scroll away.Away from the palace, check out our picks for the best anime to watch right now. Then dive into more of this year's big new anime
  
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• Wolverine's 400th solo issue will "push Wendigo to the brink" and feature a "story you never thought you'd see"

  14-01-2025 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a big anniversary for the small Canadian! Yep, Wolverine's long-running solo comic hits its legacy 400th issue (or #8 in the current numbering) in April. To celebrate this milestone Marvel is releasing an oversized issue featuring two new stories from the regular creative team of writer Saladin Ahmed and artist Martín Cóccolo. What's more, the issue will also include a bonus story written and drawn by Transformers' Daniel Warren Johnson."A big anniversary issue is always a gre
  
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• Marvel Rivals boss doubles down: "We believe no role queue will lead to a richer gaming experience for everyone"

  14-01-2025 16:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Whether Marvel Rivals not having a role queue is the best thing since sliced bread or an annoying misstep really depends on who you ask, but for better or worse, the devs at NetEase Games are sticking to their guns on their decision to keep things as they are in the Overwatch competitor.Although the Marvel Rivals devs "wanted to move away" from its Duelist, Vanguard, and Strategist roles being traditional DPS, Tank, and Support roles with different names, ultimately, teams still have to find a b
  
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• Wolf Man director explains why he didn't want too much werewolf lore in his new Universal Monsters horror movie

  14-01-2025 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  You won't really find full moons, silver bullets, or more stereotypical werewolf lore in new horror movie Wolf Man – and there's a valid reason for that, according to co-writer and director Leigh Whannell.Inspired by George Waggner's similarly named 1941 film, Universal's latest collaboration with Blumhouse centers on Christopher Abbott's Blake and Julia Garner's Charlotte, who find themselves fighting for their lives one nightmarish night after they get attacked by a mysterious beast.Whan
  
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• First look at Until Dawn movie teases crucial twist that could make the horror adaptation feel just like the game – and unveils the return of an iconic character

  14-01-2025 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony has shared the first look at video game adaptation Until Dawn – and we're ready to have nightmares for days.In the clip, which you can watch below, writer Gary Dauberman and director David F. Sandberg explain the movie's mechanics – which follow the video game pretty closely. In the game, many of the choices players have to make have the potential to change the game's ending.The same goes for the movie, which sees the players get something of a metaphorical game-over screen and
  
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• A game master's starter pack to get your first campaign going, D&D or otherwise

  14-01-2025 15:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  One does not simply walk into D&D dungeon mastering. It takes discipline, authority, and above all, a large sum of cash... usually. Luckily there are a bunch of resources to get you started on your first D&D campaign that won't break the bank, so I've brought a bunch together here for your perusal.Aside from checking out our 5 tips on starting your campaign right, it's always good to brush up on techniques from relevant TTRPG books, and get some physical components in your arsenal that a
  
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• Pokemon Horizons season 2 release schedule – when is The Search for Laqua on Netflix and BBC iPlayer?

  14-01-2025 15:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokémon Horizons continues the adventures of Liko and Roy in season 2, which is now available to watch in the UK and will soon be landing in the US.Officially titled Pokémon Horizons: Season 2 – The Search for Laqua, the show follows the two aspiring trainers as they travel the world in search of the remaining Six Hero Pokémon, and the legendary land of Laqua. But first they'll have to face a new challenge, the Tera Training, which prompts them to hone their Terastalli
  
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• MMO legend's "spiritual sequel to Ultima Online and to Star Wars Galaxies" is getting a Kickstarter campaign "because the climate for games investment is terrible"

  14-01-2025 15:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  MMO legend Raph Koster has announced a Kickstarter campaign for his next game – "a living galaxy sandbox MMORPG" that he describes as the "spiritual sequel to Ultima Online and to Star Wars Galaxies."Koster certainly knows his stuff when it comes to MMORPGs. Beyond serving as the creative director of Star Wars Galaxies – an open world Star Wars MMO that existed long before Star Wars Outlaws, and survived for a solid eight years before its shutdown in 2011 – he was also the orig
  
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• After unsuccessfully attempting to launch a Monster Hunter clone, this controversial dev is now supposedly releasing an Animal Crossing-like game on PS5

  14-01-2025 14:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  There may not be any new Animal Crossing: New Horizons updates coming from Nintendo, but the community certainly isn't dead - and it's recently caught wind of what looks to be a pretty close copy of the beloved 2020 life sim.Anime Life Sim isn't at all what it sounds like. It's not an anime-themed game featuring some fan-favorite protagonists or settings, but rather a series of ideas drawn substantially from Animal Crossing - from the gameplay detailed on its PlayStation Store page to the colorf
  
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• With seven years between Endgame and Doomsday, Marvel fans are debating whether the wait between Avengers movies has been too long

  14-01-2025 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  With a year to go until Avengers: Doomsday hits the big screen and six years and counting since Avengers: Endgame, Marvel fans on Reddit are wondering if we've had to wait too long between MCU team-ups.Neither Marvel Phase 4 nor Marvel Phase 5 will have included an Avengers movie, and there's been limited crossover between other characters in the meantime. "Secret Invasion should’ve been an Avengers movie, I will die on that hill," wrote one user, referring to the 2023 Disney Plus series.
  
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• Horror marketing goes to the next level: Wolf Man is releasing in cinemas just days after 2025's first full moon

  14-01-2025 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's movie marketing and then there's whatever is going on with Wolf Man. The new Leigh Whannell-directed horror is roaring into cinemas just days after 2025's first full moon.As initially flagged by Discussing Film, January 13 saw the first full moon of the calendar year – fittingly titled a Wolf Moon. Whether it's a coincidence or the result of a movie studio crunching the numbers to ensure the most timely of lunar appearances is unclear, but it's certainly got us in the mood for when
  
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• New found footage horror movie is getting major attention from film buffs for the most unlikely reason – the filmmakers say it’ll never be released online

  14-01-2025 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new seemingly terrifying found footage horror movie is gaining major interest from horror fans not only for its chilling contents but also because it can only be viewed in theaters, as the filmmakers vow they will never release it online.Creators and stars Nick Toti and Rachel Kempf have chosen not to release found footage horror film It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This on streaming services, or sell digital and physical copies after its short theatrical run in the US. The whole idea sta
  
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• Wolf Man director says he felt pressure to live up to The Invisible Man with his new horror movie: "It's an addictive drug"

  14-01-2025 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man received critical acclaim when it was released back in 2020, as he reshaped the classic movie into a modern take on domestic abuse. Pulling in $145 million from a $7 million budget and an impressive 91% Rotten Tomatoes score, many called for lead Elisabeth Moss to be in award conversations, too, but that didn't calm the horror filmmaker's nerves when he set out to adapt his second Universal Monsters story, Wolf Man.In fact, it had the opposite effect, with Whan
  
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• Severance's Adam Scott brutally shoots down one of the most plausible Gemma fan theories: "That's what Lumon would be doing in a super boring version of Severance"

  14-01-2025 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  With season 2 only a few days away, Severance fans are already diving into the biggest theories about what is really happening at Lumon. After three years of heated speculation, we might get some answers in the new episodes, but one particular theory has been already shot down.In a video interview with Entertainment Weekly, the cast of the Apple TV Plus show debunked some popular theories online, including a very plausible explanation regarding Ms. Casey's behaviour.As we found out in the season
  
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• Marvel fans are just finding out one of Avengers: Endgame's best lines was a last minute addition

  14-01-2025 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite being released back in 2019, Avengers: Endgame still stands out as one of the best Marvel movies to date. In particular, Tony Stark's death scene remains one of the most powerful moments in the MCU – and fans are still dissecting it.In a new post on Reddit, one user shared their love of a particular moment in Tony's final scene when he responds to Thanos' "I am inevitable" with, "And I am Iron Man." User Pocketbutter shared how he loves how improvised the moment feels and reflects
  
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• The release date for the first Demon Slayer finale movie may have just leaked

  14-01-2025 12:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Previously, the first Demon Slayer Infinity Castle movie was listed as a 2025 release. Now, multiple new leaked listings have narrowed down the window considerably – but we'll still have more than a few months to wait until Tanjiro's final battle begins on the big screen.Sony Pictures' French website listed an ‘Untitled Sony/Crunchyroll/Aniplex event film’ for September 17, 2025, an entry that has since been removed. Additionally, a German cinema chain (H/T Dexerto) also took d
  
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• Peter Jackson reveals his favorite movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and it's not the one you're probably expecting

  14-01-2025 12:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has revealed his favorite movie in the trilogy – although he hasn't rewatched any of them since he made them."I can’t watch my own films. I mean, one day… I sort of enjoy it more as more time goes by, so one day I’ll watch them again," he told Letterboxd. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have a favorite. "The Two Towers, I think. But if I see them again I might have a totally different one."The Return of the King, the final in
  
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• First look at Art the Clown actor as a twisted Mickey Mouse in upcoming slasher movie has horror fans divided

  14-01-2025 12:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first shot of Terrifier’s Art the Clown actor David Howard Thornton as Willie in the upcoming Steamboat Willie horror movie Screamboat is here, and the actor once again looks completely unrecognizable.The first look, shared by Variety, shows an angry-looking Howard Thornton in a furry mouse costume fit with big round ears and sharp claws, holding what seems to be a bloody speargun. The suit is kitted out with the mouse’s signature shorts with buttons and his Steamboat Willie capt
  
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• Netflix just added the highest rated Walking Dead spin-off for you to binge

  14-01-2025 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been desperately looking for a bingeworthy show to watch on Netflix, we have good news for you – The Walking Dead's highest-rated spin-off is now available in the streaming platform, and it's a must-see.The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, popularly known as the Rick and Michonne spin-off, sees the return of Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira to their legendary roles in the franchise with a stunning six-episode season.With an impressive 88% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the show
  
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• After waking up to the first Sims 3 update from EA in 10 years, all fans can think about is the potential for more: "So it begins"

  14-01-2025 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's official - after a whopping decade, EA has just released a brand-new patch for The Sims 3 - and while it's the first to drop in years tidying the game up for modern PCs, the community is hopeful there are more updates to come.The Sims 3 has long stood the test of time now as one of the series' greats, but one problem in particular has plagued its stellar reputation as the creative pinnacle of EA's life sim gems - the game's inability to run properly on newer PC builds. And by newer PC build
  
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• Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai says he'll make a game "even if it's the opposite of what I like," because "you have to think of it as work, not entertainment"

  14-01-2025 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai may be the mastermind behind loads of iconic games, but he doesn't limit himself to only creating things that suit his own tastes, as he's now gone so far as to say he'd even make something that was "the opposite" of what he likes if he had to. In a new interview with Japanese site Nikkei Cross Trend (translated by Google, and verified with DeepL), Sakurai was asked what he thinks about when it comes to manufacturing games, and it primarily boils d
  
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• Stanley Tucci says his Marvel role is one of the greatest jobs he's ever had, even if he was "flattered and insulted at the same time" when cast

  14-01-2025 11:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stanley Tucci is receiving praise for his supporting performance in the critically-acclaimed papal thriller Conclave, with his name being included among this year's potential Oscar nominees.In a recent interview, the actor looked back at the highlights of his career, from The Devil Wears Prada to The Lovely Bones, and Julie & Julia. Tucci also talked about "the fun big movies" he's done, which includes the MCU's Captain America: The First Avenger, where he played scientist Abraham Erskine."I
  
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• One of Deadpool and Wolverine's best fight scenes has been improved by a Marvel fan with a dream and serious editing skills

  14-01-2025 11:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Deadpool and Wolverine delivered on a lot of fan hopes, with huge cameos and the long-awaited union of two of the biggest mutants. However, there was one thing we wanted a whole lot more of – Hugh Jackman's Wolverine in that iconic mask.Well, one fan edit has answered our prayers with a remake of Wolverine and Deadpool's iconic first fight, with mask in tow. Created by Taran Singh, a VFX Supervisor, the video posted on Twitter sees the two mutants battle it out in the void."And here it is
  
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• Former The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs reveal new Vampiric dark fantasy open-world RPG that's "the first chapter" of a "brand new role-playing saga"

  14-01-2025 01:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rebel Wolves, the new studio formed by ex-CDPR devs, has fully revealed its debut project, the single-player third-person dark fantasy open-world RPG Blood of Dawnwalker.Rebel Wolves was formed almost two years ago and the studio confirmed it had a new game in development almost a year ago to the day, but a new four-minute cinematic trailer fully lifted the lid on the project. In it, we see a young man carrying his baby sister through a medieval European town ravaged by plague and bloodthirsty v
  
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