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• It's not even out yet, but the gloriously old-school JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is getting a live-action movie thanks to its "compelling narrative and complex characters"

  30-01-2025 23:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest video game to be greenlit for a movie adaptation is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the upcoming French JRPG inspired by turn-based classics including Final Fantasy, the Tales series, Lost Odyssey, and Persona.Per Variety, Clair Obscur developer Sandfall Interactive is working with Story Kitchen to develop the adaptation, with Kepler Interactive handling publishing duties. Casting and directing duties are being worked out right now."We're thrilled to collaborate with Sandfall Interactive
  
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• Devil May Cry anime adaptation might have the best opening sequence in Netflix history

  30-01-2025 21:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix just revealed the devilishly cool opening sequence to its Devil May Cry anime adaptation helmed by Castlevania producer Adi Shankar, set to release on April 3.First of all, the title sequence theme song is "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit. So let's take a moment to crack an Arizona green tea and appreciate that.
  Otherwise, the sequence is stocked with flickering skulls, swords, and pepperoni pizza slices choking on mozzarella – all the necessary sacrifices to conjure an image of demon hunt
  
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• Summer Game Fest 2025 confirmed with Geoff Keighley back as host and a new "thought leader event" discussing the industry's "changes, challenges, and opportunities"

  30-01-2025 20:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Summer Game Fest 2025 is officially confirmed for June, with Geoff Keighley returning to host and a brand new "thought leader event."Announced via press release, SGF will start with a live in-person two-hour showcase that'll be livestreamed pretty much wherever you watch livestreams on Friday, June 6 from 2-4PM PT / 5-7PM ET / 10-12AM GMT. The event is once again being held at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.As the defacto replacement for E3, you can expect Summer Game Fest 2025 to feature "s
  
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• Black Cat and Kang team up to steal from Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Avengers #23 preview

  30-01-2025 20:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers writer Jed MacKay made his name at Marvel Comics writing a fan-favorite Black Cat title that lasted multiple volumes. Now that MacKay is writing Avengers, he's brought Black Cat in to help the team conduct a space casino heist. But as you may expect, the tables have turned and now in Avengers #23, Felicia Hardy is stealing from Earth's Mightiest Heroes and teaming up with Kang the Conqueror.We've got an early preview of pages from Avengers #23 by writer Jed MacKay, artist Farid Karami,
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Jan 31 - Feb 2)

  30-01-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're back with the best new movies and TV shows to watch on streaming this weekend, where you can find something for every type of viewer, and across all main services. Looking for a political thriller that will shock you from the first episode? Fancy some laughs with the latest Will Ferrell comedy? Ready for a new Marvel story?There are some very exciting releases this week among the best streaming services, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Max, and Apple TV Plus. Here we've
  
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• Forza Horizon 5 is the latest Xbox game to make the leap to PS5, and it's launching this spring with all of the same content and DLC

  30-01-2025 19:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft has announced that Forza Horizon 5 is crossing the console divide from Xbox Series X to PS5.In a news release, Microsoft pegged Forza Horizon 5 for release on PS5 "this spring" but didn't nail down a specific release date. The racing game will arrive on PS5 with all of the same content and DLC as the Xbox and PC version, and cross-play has been confirmed.In addition, there's a new update called Horizon Realms coming to all platforms that "will give players the chance to explore a curat
  
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• RTX 5000 stock is vanishing before my eyes, but I'm counting on one retailer to save the day

  30-01-2025 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ah Nvidia - I knew the RTX 50 series launch would break my heart, but I ended up in out-of-stock despair fairly quickly. If you went hunting for an RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 GPU today, you more than likely ended up not spending a chunk of change on the next-gen graphics card. However, I'm still holding out hope for a steady supply of stock, and there's one surprise retailer in particular who could come in clutch.I've been looking into where to buy the RTX 5090 since its announcement, and I'll be the
  
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• RTX 50 series stock is vanishing before my eyes, but I'm counting on one retailer

  30-01-2025 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ah Nvidia - I knew the RTX 50 series launch would break my heart, but I ended up in out-of-stock despair fairly quickly. If you went hunting for an RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 GPU today, you more than likely ended up not spending a chunk of change on the next-gen graphics card. However, I'm still holding out hope for a steady supply of stock, and there's one surprise retailer in particular who could come in clutch.I've been looking into where to buy the RTX 5090 since its announcement, and I'll be the
  
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• No Man's Sky is back in Steam's top-sellers chart after massive update: "This is humbling"

  30-01-2025 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  After No Man's Sky first launched, everyone thought it would be dead in a few months, but almost a decade later, the game's most recent update has put it back into the top of Steam's sales charts.The latest No Man's Sky update is called Worlds Part 2, and it's a big one. It adds more planets and solar systems than you can count, huge gas giants that are ten times bigger than the current biggest planets in the game, oceans that are kilometers deep, and more. My personal favorite addition is a liv
  
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• Nearly 30 years later, this cult favorite comedy is getting a sequel with original stars in talks to return

  30-01-2025 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is getting a sequel from 20th Century Studios – and Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino are in talks to return, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Tim Federle, who created the Disney Plus series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, will direct the sequel to the cult classic comedy, while the original movie's screenwriter Robin Schiff will pen the script. Filming is planned to start in June.Released in 1997, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion fo
  
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• Mysterious new Stranger Things poster suggests something sinister may have happened to Eleven in season 5

  30-01-2025 18:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  As if we weren't already excited enough for Stranger Things season 5, Netflix has released a cryptic missing poster for lead character Eleven.The poster, posted on Twitter by Netflix with the caption "Who’s *really* looking for Jane Hopper?," shows a picture of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) along with her details and the last sighting of her. According to the image, Eleven (whose adoptive name is Jane Hooper) was last seen on June 13, 1986 "walking on the sidewalk near Hawkins Highschool whe
  
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• Almost 30 years on from the original, cult sci-fi horror The Faculty is getting a remake

  30-01-2025 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Almost 30 years on from its release, sci-fi horror The Faculty is getting a remake.Miramax announced the news via Variety on January 30, confirming that Robert Rodriguez, who directed the original, is set to produce while Drew Hancock, who's gearing up for the release of his debut feature Companion, has been charged with writing the script. Scream's Kevin Williamson, who penned the first film's screenplay, seems not to be involved.Starring Salma Hayek, Famke Jenssen, Elijah Wood, Clea DuVall, Jo
  
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• Steam's most-wishlisted games chart includes an all-star lineup of Monster Hunter Wilds, Elden Ring Nightreign, and Hollow Knight: Silksong

  30-01-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Going into the new year, Monster Hunter Wilds overtakes hero shooter hybrid Deadlock and long-awaited subterranean sequel Hollow Knight: Silksong as Steam's most-wishlisted game.Capcom's big beast blockbuster is stomping to release later next month on February 28, shortly after a second Monster Hunter Wilds open beta test. It's fast approaching, the first beta already pulled in monstrous numbers, and Monster Hunter Worlds has been a consistently massive deal, so it's no surprise to see the seque
  
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• Sanrio Animal Crossing successor Hello Kitty: Island Adventure gets off to a strong start on Steam, and a lot of fans are making the same 19-year-old South Park reference

  30-01-2025 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sanrio's frosting-sweet Animal Crossing descendant Hello Kitty: Island Adventure has just landed on Nintendo Switch and Steam, where nearly all of the 2023 game's most popular reviews reference the same 19-year-old South Park episode."Butters personally recommended this game to me," says a review with over 300 "helpful" ratings. "He's a true gamer, and I got to say, his recommendation was spot on. 10/10, definitely pick this one up.""Butters was right," agrees another review. "My friend Butters
  
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• New body horror movie starring real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie lands a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score – as first reviews call it "weird" and "unhinged"

  30-01-2025 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  New horror movie Together has made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, and it's already winning over critics. The horror comedy stars real-life married couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco as Millie and Tim, who relocate from the city to a house in the country.Things start to get weird after the pair go for a walk in the country and they stumble upon a mysterious water source, which according to the synopsis, "begins an extreme transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh." Bill
  
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• Chris Evans says it's "not true" that he's returning as Captain America in Avengers: Doomsday: "Happily retired!"

  30-01-2025 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite rumors to the contrary, Chris Evans says he's not returning as Captain America in the MCU.Late last year, a report from TheWrap claimed that Evans would be reprising his role in Avengers: Doomsday, returning alongside Robert Downey Jr. (though he's coming back not as Iron Man but as Doctor Doom)."That's not true, though," Evans told Esquire. "This always happens. I mean, it happens every couple years – ever since Endgame. I've just stopped responding to it." He added: "Yeah, no &nd
  
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• Helldivers 2 CEO says Warhammer 40k owners "would love a crossover," but "time and resources are finite and we have our hands busy"

  30-01-2025 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arrowhead Games Studios opened the door to all kinds of Helldivers 2 crossovers after a bundle containing some Killzone cosmetics, of all things, came to the hit game. With collaborations now thoroughly on the galactic table, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani judged the likelihood of a Warhammer 40k crossover.After one player argued that Warhammer series stewards Games Workshop would be "extremely unlikely" to agree to a crossover, Jorjani jumped onto the shooter's Discord channel to debunk the undemo
  
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• Path of Exile 2 director "really sorry for how this went down" as he announces new Path of Exile 1 expansion has to be paused: "How could I justify taking some of the most experienced developers we have off PoE 2 when it's on fire?"

  30-01-2025 17:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Path of Exile 2 faces issues such as "crashes, severe end-game balance problems," game director Jonathan Rogers shares the news that a new Path of Exile 1 expansion has been delayed until the team can sort out issues with the sequel."When we announced PoE 2, we promised that we would continue to create PoE 1 expansions," Rogers begins. "We do intend to keep that promise, but it's certainly been a lot harder to deliver on it than what we expected."He explains that PoE 1 devs had to be moved of
  
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• Jake Gyllenhaal will star in M. Night Shyamalan's next movie, which will be a supernatural romance co-written with The Notebook author

  30-01-2025 16:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Trap, Split, and The Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan has set his next project, Deadline reports – and it's something a little different for the filmmaker.Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the movie, which will be a supernatural romance thriller based on a story that Shyamalan has come up with an unlikely collaborator: The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks. The duo are independently working on a screenplay and a novel, respectively, that are both based on the same love story and characters
  
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• Jessie Eisenberg recalls going against studio advice and trying to meet Mark Zuckerberg while filming The Social Network: "I figured they would let me in"

  30-01-2025 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Not every actor gets the chance to meet the real person they are playing, but when Jessie Eisenberg was filming the 2010 Facebook drama The Social Network, he was told not to meet the website’s creator Mark Zuckerberg."I was driving up to meet him because I was told [by producers], 'No, we’re not going to [set up a meeting for you],'" said Eisenberg during an episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast. "I was going to just go to the office and I figured they wou
  
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• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner defends Peter Parker actor after 'woke' comments: "I believe he simply misspoke and I know that's been weighing on him"

  30-01-2025 16:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner Jeff Trammell has defended the Disney Plus show's Peter Parker actor Hudson Thames after he voiced his fears that the animated series would be "annoying and woke"."I love Hudson and didn’t focus too much on what he said. I believe he simply misspoke, and I know that’s been weighing on him," Trammell said during a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread.Trammell continued, "I think we made a fantastic show that is going to appeal to a wide
  
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• Netflix's You season 5 gets a new teaser trailer that sees Joe Goldberg gets a taste of his own medicine

  30-01-2025 16:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  You season 5 has got a new teaser that sees Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) back up to his old tricks. The final season of Netflix's horror show is due to be released on April 24, 2025, as revealed in a date announcement earlier in 2025. However, this is our first proper new look at footage of the final season.The teaser begins with Joe trapped in his beloved glass box. "Hello You, haven't we met? I'm sure we must have crossed paths," he says in a voiceover. "Perhaps I can refresh your memory, I'm
  
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• Dune: Awakening is so much more than a survival game or an MMO - it's a unique sci-fi experience shaped by Frank Herbert's 60-year-old lore and all that came after it

  30-01-2025 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've spent hundreds of hours in Conan Exiles, and hundreds more in similar survival games like Ark, Don't Starve, Grounded, and Valheim, but playing Dune: Awakening made me realize that the formula I've grown so accustomed to over the years isn't necessary to make a genre gem. Funcom's upcoming adaptation of sci-fi star Frank Herbert's decades-old universe isn't afraid to sprinkle some spice into that reliable recipe, and that's why I love it.While I only spent around eight hours playing the new
  
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• Creepy new look at Wednesday season 2 confirms Tyler's fate, as Jenna Ortega's hero embraces her darker side

  30-01-2025 15:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has unveiled a sneak peek at Wednesday season 2, and it looks just as deliciously dark as we've come to imagine from The Addams Family spin-off.In the 5-second clip, which you can watch below, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) looks to be paying a visit to Hunter Doohan's Tyler Galpin – in human form, thankfully – while he's quite literally hanging out in Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital. Is anyone else getting The Silence of the Lambs vibes, or is it just us? Hello... Wednesday.While
  
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• Why wait? A modder is bringing Doom: The Dark Ages to classic Doom with all its deadly toys included

  30-01-2025 15:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doom: The Dark Ages is only around the corner, launching May 15, but for excited demon slayers and skull crushers that's an eternity away. Good news, then. You can (kinda) play the metal-medieval romp early via a mod for the original FPS classic.Doom mods pretty much fuel a subculture of their own. Doom modders have gotten the game working on everything from a pregnancy test to a printer, and mods include everything from new maps, entirely fresh campaigns, and surrealist horror tributes to long-
  
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• A battle in this WW2 MMO went on for over 2 months and killed 9 million players, so devs stepped in to end it early, only for "one last hurrah" to win it anyway

  30-01-2025 15:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Foxhole is an MMO about wars that go on and on and on, but one continued for so long the developers had to step in to give new players a chance to experience the game properly.Foxhole is a brutal and tedious simulacrum of World War Two. Frontline soldiers fight over territory while logistics troops manufacture weapons and build up the tech tree from the safety of the rear. Every bullet has to be delivered down the lines, every tank has to be made, it's as complete a war as you'll find in a video
  
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• First Frankenstein trailer shown behind closed doors teases Guillermo del Toro's gothic nightmare for Netflix and reveals Jacob Elordi's monster

  30-01-2025 15:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  A first trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein movie for Netflix is here, though it was shown behind closed doors.At a Next on Netflix event attended by GamesRadar+, we were treated to a special message from the director as well as the trailer. "The character has fused with my soul," del Toro said, adding: "It doesn't get more personal than this."The trailer, which has not been released to the public, shows Oscar Isaac's Dr. Frankenstein assembling his monster (played by Jacob Elordi) as
  
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• Squid Game season 3 first look reveals Gi-hun's fate, the return of the Front Man, and confirms release date

  30-01-2025 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Squid Game season 3 has a first look and a confirmed release date – and it seems that Gi-hun is heading back into those sadistic games once again.At the streamer's Next on Netflix event, attended by GamesRadar+, we were treated to a sneak peek at the upcoming season, with brand new pictures unveiled.They show Hyun-ju (Player 120) opening a coffin while her allies look on – presumably, someone they lost in the rebellion is inside – Gi-hun handcuffed to a bunk bed and looking up
  
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• Stranger Things creators Duffer Brothers reveal they filmed over 650 hours of footage for the final season of the Netflix hit, as behind-the-scenes teaser is shown behind closed doors

  30-01-2025 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  New behind-the-scenes footage for Stranger Things season 5 has been unveiled behind closed doors, taking viewers on the set of the final chapter of the hit Netflix show.At the 2025 Next on Netflix event which was attended by GamesRadar+, audiences were treated to a very short behind-the-scenes montage which gave us a glimpse at what to expect from the upcoming season.Although brief, the footage was action packed with highlights including the return of the villainous Vecna, a shot of the stained
  
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• Netflix drop first look at thrilling new action movie from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, which is described as "Heat meets Training Day"

  30-01-2025 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have long been a dream team, with their many great collaborations including movies like Good Will Hunting, Dogma, and Air. And that's just to name a few. Their upcoming feature though may just be one of their best yet, if the first trailer is anything to go by that is.At the 2025 Next of Netflix event, which was attended by GamesRadar+, Affleck came on stage to share with audiences the first trailer for the pair's new movie RIP, which was shown behind closed doors at t
  
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• Body horror meets Black Widow? The Substance director reportedly turned down the Marvel movie to focus on her award-winning horror

  30-01-2025 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Substance director Coralie Fargeat was reportedly approached by Marvel to helm 2021's Black Widow. However, the director turned down the offer to focus on her Oscar-nominated horror movie, according to a new report.Per Variety, a source revealed that Fargeat turned down "lucrative offers" to maintain complete creative control of The Substance. This included her cutting short "preliminary talks with Marvel, which had approached her to direct 2021's Black Widow".The Natasha Romanoff-focussed s
  
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• Beyond: Two Souls isn't the David Cage video game adaptation we were expecting, but at least star Elliot Page is involved in bringing the TV show to life

  30-01-2025 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Quantic Dream video game Beyond: Two Souls is being turned into a TV show – and star Elliot Page is heavily involved in bringing the series to our screens..Page, who played Jodie in the 2013 title, will be producing the series under their Pageboy Productions studio (via Deadline).Beyond: Two Souls, directed by iconic developer David Cage, saw Page's Jodie linked to a separate soul named Aiden.While fostering their talents under the guidance of Willem Dafoe's Nathan Dawkins, Jodie comes to
  
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• New Lego Minecraft movie sets reveal changes to an iconic baddie, and it's weirding me out

  30-01-2025 13:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lego Minecraft movie sets have been revealed ahead of the film's launch, and I'm not sure how I feel about a new minifigure.Because these two new kits are based on the upcoming adaptation rather than the video game itself, Lego Minecraft movie minifig designs have been updated to match – and that's resulted in a very weird-looking zombie. Or more specifically, a baby zombie. It's unsettling, and I can't put my finger on why.I think my problem stems from the fact that every other minfig ins
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 might be getting Xbox games, but Xbox Series X|S just got the next best thing: Mariostro Strikers

  30-01-2025 13:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Knock-offs and straight-up copycats are nothing new in the video game industry. There was a whole factory dedicated to exploiting Hollow Knight: Silksong hype with barely working ripoffs, and Larian Studios itself wagged its finger at a shameless Baldur's Gate 3 copy. But few are as blatant and hilarious as this Mario Strikers ripoff that just touched down on Xbox.How blatant are we talking? Well, the top-down sports game is literally called Mariostro Strikers: Soccer League. What's even funnier
  
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• Another Oppenheimer actor is reuniting with Christopher Nolan for his next movie The Odyssey as filming begins next month

  30-01-2025 13:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Benny Safdie is the latest actor to join the cast of The Odyssey, the next movie from Christopher Nolan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Other confirmed cast members include Safdie's Oppenheimer co-star Matt Damon, as well as Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal. All roles are still being kept under wraps.Per Universal Pictures, the movie is a "mythic action epic shot across the world across the world using brand new I
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds has the creepiest octopus nightmare fuel I've seen since Bloodborne, and its director is "incredibly proud"

  30-01-2025 13:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Move over, Bloodborne; a new terrifying tentacle creature is in town, Monster Hunter Wilds' Oilwell Basin Apex Nu Udra.In a new video shared by IGN, we get a good long look at the Nu Udra, a slimy, oily octopus-looking monster that can set itself on fire. It writhes as you attack it, pulses when it grabs you and moves, and has far too many orifices that open out of nowhere. Director Yuya Tokuda is very proud of it."When we saw the tests, we also thought to make it the apex predator of the Oilwel
  
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• Benedict Cumberbatch backtracks on previous Marvel comments, says he's actually in Avengers: Doomsday after all: "Don't ever believe anything I say"

  30-01-2025 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Looks like Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch has got his timelines and multiverses mixed up. Turns out the Sorcerer Supreme will be in Avengers: Doomsday after all, despite the actor recently claiming the contrary..."Is that a spoiler? F**k it," he joked during a candid chat with Variety, before adding that his absence would be due to the fact that his slin gring-sporting superhero is "not aligning with this part of the story."Now, though, Cumberbatch has seemingly backtracked on his comm
  
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• Terrifier 4 is officially in the works, with director Damien Leone teasing that the horror will finally reveal Art's origin story

  30-01-2025 12:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Brace yourself horror fans, it's happening. Terrifier 4 is officially in the works as director Damien Leone makes some big promises for what could be the franchise’s final installment.The franchise creator broke the news via Twitter to mark the end of his own birthday celebrations. "Thank you for all the bday wishes. Figure I’d give you a present in return!," said Leone. "The script for Terrifier 4 is in the works and it’s shaping up to be a most epic, thrilling, nasty, horrify
  
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• Adult game devs in Japan can't receive revenue from Steam as Japanese banks reportedly make the "comprehensive decision" to block transfers

  30-01-2025 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Adult game developers located in Japan are seemingly unable to collect any revenue for their work, with Japanese banks reportedly blocking the transfer of profits from Valve overseas.As reported recently by Automaton, Japanese developers distributing "adult-oriented games" on Steam are no longer able to receive any revenue from Valve. Politician Taro Yamada first brought the issue to the public's attention in a thread online, explaining how banks in Japan are "censoring free speech" and "the fre
  
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• Nosferatu has a mistake so obscure you need to be bird expert to notice it – and fans joke that Robert Eggers will be "genuinely upset" when he discovers it

  30-01-2025 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that Nosferatu has been released on digital platforms, viewers have been pouring over every minute of Robert Eggers' atmospheric horror. And it seems that one fan has spotted a very niche mistake on their latest rewatch."I swear in Nosferatu there's a North American bird call in the background at some point and I felt like a huge geek for noticing," one fan called Yuribeast tweeted before they shared a clip from the movie where Ellen Hutter is mourning the disappearance of her husband. "I KN
  
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• The Leader returns to the MCU for the first time in 17 years, but this Captain America: Brave New World teaser doesn't want to spoil his new look just yet

  30-01-2025 12:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first look at The Incredible Hulk villain The Leader's MCU return has been provided by a new Captain America: Brave New World teaser that's fraught with conspiracies and paranoia.The 20-second clip, which you can see below, features a voice – presumably that of The Leader, AKA Samuel Sterns (played by Tim Blake Nelson) – saying, "Captain America, you ever ask yourself who's playing who?"
  Who's playing who?Get tickets now and experience Marvel Studios' #CaptainAmericaBraveNewWorld
  
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• Twitch star Ninja says "Overwatch is dead" because Marvel Rivals has enough source material to fuel "the next 10 years"

  30-01-2025 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Many players have been quick to dance on the supposed grave of Overwatch 2, especially after Marvel Rivals' quick ascent to the top of several most-played and most-streamed games charts. And now, popular streamer Ninja (Richard Tyler Blevins) also had some choice words for former hero shooter lynchpin Overwatch 2, while bigging up Marvel Rivals' long-term prospects.In a recent livestream, reposted elsewhere on the internet, Ninja, who has 19 million subscribers on Twitch, delved into why he thin
  
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• "Souls-like meets Fable" is all this indie RPG needed to say to meet its Kickstarter goal, but it added in a Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood nod just for good measure

  30-01-2025 02:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fade RPG: The Sacrifice is an indie RPG in development at solo developer Knight by Night, which is cool and all, but it's the fact that it's a Soulslike inspired by Fable and Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood that I suspect is fueling its Kickstarter funding surge.To be clear, I give 100% of the credit to Knight by Night for getting Fade to 139% Kickstarter funding. I haven't had the chance to play it, but its trailer looks like a faithful, but unique tribute to the older Souls games, with a blen
  
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• Gorgeous JRPG homage Clair Obscur sells out its collector's edition months before launch, dev says it didn't think "the demand for our physical editions would be so high"

  30-01-2025 01:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the stunning turn-based tribute to old-school JRPGs, has already sold out its collector's edition months before its April launch as developer Sandfall Interactive is surprised by the demand for physical copies.From its star-studded cast to its forgiving (for JRPG standards) 30-hour main story, we've been pretty thoroughly impressed by Clair Obscur since it was revealed last summer at the Xbox Games Showcase, and apparently we aren't the only ones.Sandfall shared a tw
  
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