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• The Sims 2's long-awaited comeback meets a mixed response on Steam thanks to a barebones port suffering prolific crashes

  31-01-2025 23:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  After the world spent years without any official, legal way to access The Sims 1 and 2 - two of the most popular, influential games ever made - on modern machines, EA and Maxis have finally brought both beloved classics back on PC. But The Sims 2 in particular has been suffering a mixed response from early Steam reviewers thanks to an array of technical issues.This new version of The Sims 2 includes compatibility for Windows 10 and 11 and a handful of technical improvements, like out-of-the-box
  
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• This indie open-world RPG takes Stardew Valley's fishing and turns it into its main combat system: "This is not a peaceful fishing game. The destruction of the world is imminent"

  31-01-2025 23:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  My favorite JRPG pastime is turned into the main combat system in Sea Fantasy, a new open-world action-RPG where you literally cast a line and reel in fish "to save the world."In case I wasn't clear enough, the elevator pitch for Sea Fantasy is simple and effective: you take a pretty standard fishing minigame, in this case one pretty similar to Stardew Valley's, and make it the primary gameplay mechanic in a bite-sized open-world RPG. "This is not a peaceful fishing game. The destruction of the
  
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• The Sandman to end with season 2 as Netflix cancels the Neil Gaiman adaptation

  31-01-2025 23:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has announced its streaming series The Sandman will end after its impending second season. A statement from Netflix attributes the series' end to an artistic decision. The entire statement, credited to showrunner Allen Heinberg, reads as follows:"The Sandman series has always been focused exclusively on Dream's story, and back in 2022, when we looked at the remaining Dream material from the comics, we knew we only had enough story for one more season. We are extremely grateful to Netflix
  
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• Fallout: New Vegas lead writer and Horizon Zero Dawn narrative director returns to Obsidian after 14 years, but swears "it's not" for New Vegas 2

  31-01-2025 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout: New Vegas lead writer John Gonzalez returns to developer Obsidian after 14 years, but he doesn't want you to get your hopes up – it isn't for a New Vegas sequel.It's simply "for exciting times!" he writes in the description of his LinkedIn experience. In parenthesis, he adds the unambiguous admission, "No, it's not FNV2."But that won't stop fans of the apocalyptic action game from fantasizing. Last year, they guessed from Obsidian art director Daniel Cabuco's LinkedIn page that th
  
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• After 9 years and nearly $200 worth of state DLC packs, American Truck Simulator is finally "reaching the end" of the most famous road in the US

  31-01-2025 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  I was not prepared for the emotional jolt I got from seeing SCS Software post a video titled "American Truck Simulator - Reaching The End," but take heart, friends - American Truck Simulator has not been canceled. Instead, the developers are merely reaching the end of Route 66.The brief teaser video shows a truck move from a dirt roadside stop area beside what appears to be a corn field. Behind the truck, a sign for US Route 66 is revealed. The obvious implication here is that Illinois - which h
  
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• Borderlands 4 moves beyond Borderlands 3 and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands as Gearbox promises "billions of weapons and accessories"

  31-01-2025 22:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Borderlands 4 will feature an even bigger arsenal of  weapons than the previous games in the series, amounting to multiple billion potential combinations.Speaking to GamesRadar+ as part of our Borderlands 4 Big in 2025 Preview, senior project producer Anthony Nicholson explained that Gearbox is "always adding more guns, manufacturers, legendary weapons and opportunities for customization and player expression."To that end, he says, "Borderlands 4 will feature billions of weapons and accesso
  
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• Years before we learned of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Majima's voice actor pitched a JRPG about the fan-favorite anti-hero and was told "that's not going to happen"

  31-01-2025 21:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hidenari Ugaki, the voice actor behind fan-favorite Yakuza anti-hero Goro Majima, pitched a game based on his own character to studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama and was told "that's not going to happen." Two years later, we're getting exactly that in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.Of course, Majima has appeared as a prominent character and even a playable protagonist in a number of Yakuza games, but there's never been a game solely focused on him.We're finally getting one, but only after Ug
  
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• "It can't start in a way that just feels crappy": Avowed devs are turning to animation to solve an RPG "challenge" of offering a sense of progression without sacrificing a strong start

  31-01-2025 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Obsidian wants you to feel a sense of progression throughout Avowed, the developer also doesn't want the RPG to "start in a way that just feels crappy." As such, the idea is that you'll feel the difference in power between you and a foe in how the HUD responds to a hit."The challenge in RPGs is we want you to feel this progression throughout the game, but it can't start in a way that just feels crappy," combat designer Max Matzenbacher tells PCGamer in issue 405. "We play with the timing o
  
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• Dev behind the legendarily horny Dead or Alive series politely cites "impact on safety" while requesting fans stop sending romantic gifts to fictional characters

  31-01-2025 20:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Having 12,000 abs isn't all fun and muscle – it's hard work, as hottie creator and Ninja Gaiden developer Koei Tecmo discovered after receiving too many gifts addressed to its fictional characters. The company is once again standing up for itself, repeating past years in announcing it will not accept Valentine's Day presents addressed to staff or game protagonists."We are very grateful for these gifts," Koei Tecmo writes in the announcement spotted by Japanese gaming site Automaton, and ac
  
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• Bloodborne 60fps mod hit with DMCA takedown 4 years after it was released, and fans area already huffing the copium that Sony's about to announce an official remaster

  31-01-2025 19:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony's taking action against the Bloodborne 60fps mod, according to creator Lance McDonald, and somehow FromSoftware fans are already taking this as evidence that an official Bloodborne remaster is on the way."On February 21st, 2021, I created and released a patch for Bloodborne which makes the game run at 60fps," McDonald says in a post on Bluesky. "Today I received a DMCA takedown notification on behalf of Sony Interactive Entertainment asking that I remove links to the patch I posted on the i
  
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• Bloodborne 60fps mod hit with DMCA takedown 4 years after it was released, and fans are already huffing the copium that Sony's about to announce an official remaster

  31-01-2025 19:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony's taking action against the Bloodborne 60fps mod, according to creator Lance McDonald, and somehow FromSoftware fans are already taking this as evidence that an official Bloodborne remaster is on the way."On February 21st, 2021, I created and released a patch for Bloodborne which makes the game run at 60fps," McDonald says in a post on Bluesky. "Today I received a DMCA takedown notification on behalf of Sony Interactive Entertainment asking that I remove links to the patch I posted on the i
  
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• Elden Ring Nightreign beta invites are apparently so in demand, scalpers are already trying to resell them for hundreds of dollars

  31-01-2025 19:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring Nightreign will soon begin conducting its short beta test sessions, but if you never managed to even register, there's still hope for you – US scalpers are selling their session invites for up to $300.One brave UK seller even lists their eBay "buy it now" price for £400, or nearly $500. Since players will only have limited time to play Nightreign during its network test, that comes out to, oh, just $170 an hour. Though, it's worth noting that $500 is undoubtedly more expen
  
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• Following Black Myth: Wukong's success and hype for games like Phantom Blade, Japanese devs say Chinese games are winning thanks to "crazy" ideas that "would never get approved in Japan"

  31-01-2025 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since Black Myth: Wukong became a mega-hit, people have been taking China's video game industry more seriously, including developers in Japan who have been sharing their praise.In a series of tweets spotted and translated by Automaton, a clip of upcoming base-building RPG Arknights: Endfield, developed by a Shanghai studio called Hypergryph, was praised by Japanese devs who went on to discuss China's mobile and gacha game scene."When I look at this, I feel like the biggest difference between rec
  
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• With RTX 4070 gaming PC deals like this, who needs the RTX 50 Series?

  31-01-2025 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been waiting for the RTX 50 Series GPUs to come out so you can buy a brand-new gaming PC, you may have been met with some disappointment yesterday when new-gen builds started to appear on the virtual shelves. Not only did many of them fly right back off the shelves due to demand, but they also cost a massive amount of money. Granted, they were RTX 5080 and 5090 machines, so they had a right to high-end prices, but upwards of $2,500 for a gaming PC is a lot to pay.For many of us, those
  
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• The Boys and John Wick creators will join J. Michael Straczynski, and a host of other big name creatives at Marvel legend Joe Quesada's new imprint, Amazing Comics

  31-01-2025 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  It was announced at SDCC 2024 that comics legend Joe Quesada is heading up a brand new imprint named Amazing Comics, created in association with Mad Cave Studios and publishing house Dupuis. Now we know some of the creators who will be joining Quesada on the project – and it's a helluva list! "Amazing Comics has been living in my creative journal since 2005 – I always knew it was in my future," Quesada said in a statement released to time with the Angoulême Internatio
  
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• As Terraria's sixth final update approaches, the devs are still planning an "ideation session" to make sure they don't forget to add anything

  31-01-2025 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Terraria devs at Re-Logic just can't quit building more content, and as 1.4.5 – set to be the game's sixth final update – approaches, they're teasing further additions, and letting everybody know they might just have even more in store than originally planned."The team is already hard at work with adding a few new bits" in 2025, the devs explain in a new State of the Game blog post, "tweaking and balancing what we have, and fixing the usual bugs that crop up. We still plan to hav
  
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• The goriest Japanese horror movie I’ve ever seen is getting a modern remake from original Speak No Evil director

  31-01-2025 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Step aside Terrifier 4, there may be an even gorier movie on the way as the director of the original Speak No Evil movie has set his sights on remaking cult Japanese horror film Audition.Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup is currently writing and is set to direct the reimagining of the 1999 gorefest, as reported by Deadline. Focus Features, Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment, and Mario Kassar Productions are nearing a deal to produce. Tafdrup’s brother Mads Tafdrup is co-writin
  
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• WB Games' Smash Bros-like MultiVersus is going offline for good a full year after it came back from the dead

  31-01-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warner Bros. Games has announced that MultiVersus, its divisive platform fighter, is going offline again later this year, this time for good, a full 12 months after its revival.WB Games says the game's next season will be its last seasonal update, at which point online features will be removed, and the game will be delisted from digital storefronts. "MulltiVersus Season 5 will begin on February 4, 2025, and run through May 30, 2025, adding two new playable characters to the roster - DC's Aquaman
  
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• The Sims and The Sims 2 are finally back on PC with all DLC included, but even at $40 these aren't full remasters

  31-01-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rumors of a Sims and Sims 2 release have been floating about the web all week, and it turns out they're true – EA's iconic 2000 life sim and its beloved sequel are back on PC today.Hoople borpna to The Sims – it's the series' 25th birthday, and EA is celebrating big with a re-release of the first two games and all of their DLC on PC. Fans can purchase both The Sims and The Sims 2 as part of The Sims 25th Birthday Bundle for $40 or opt to buy just one of the two separately from the co
  
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• The hottest new Marvel Rivals challenge is No-Hulk Bruce Banner - and everybody hates it

  31-01-2025 16:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some people have been playing what may be the most annoying challenge in Marvel Rivals yet – calm Bruce Banner, no Hulk.I didn't know that Bruce Banner functioned a bit like D.Va in Overwatch 2, I assumed he was always in Hulk form because I haven't actually played Marvel Rivals yet. Turns out, he has to transform, and some people are trying to make the game harder for themselves and their team by playing matches purely as Bruce.I applaud people for finding new ways to have fun in live-ser
  
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• Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder's Dark Spaces: Dungeon is being adapted into a movie by the producers of Late Night with the Devil

  31-01-2025 16:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Scott Snyder and Hayden Sherman's indie horror comic Dark Spaces: Dungeon is set to be adapted into a movie by Spooky Pictures and IDW Entertainment. The five-issue serial killer story, which launched at the end of 2023, follows a family who flee the city to build a life in rural New Hampshire, only to discover a sinister dungeon in their house and a terrifying message: "TELL NO ONE."Spooky Pictures is the US horror production company run by Steven Schneider and Roy Lee. It found considerable su
  
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• AMC originally wanted Saul Goodman removed from his first Breaking Bad episode: "Could we start again and come up with a different story?"

  31-01-2025 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Saul Goodman exploded onto our television screens back in 2009. But the Breaking Bad character almost didn't get that far, with Bob Odenkirk's at-all-costs lawyer being the subject of a script note that wanted him cut from the AMC series.As revealed in an Entertainment Weekly excerpt from Alan Sepinwall's upcoming book Saul Goodman V. Jimmy McGill, one "unnamed" executive wasn't too keen on Saul Goodman's antics in season 2 episode 'Better Call Saul'.Upon writing for his debut episode (which saw
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 swings and stumbles onto Steam to join Sony's long tradition of dodgy PS5-to-PC ports: “To say this is rough is an understatement”

  31-01-2025 15:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is the latest former PlayStation exclusive to swing onto PC, but it's sadly webbed to a legacy of badly optimized ports. PlayStation's PC ports have definitely been on the upswing as of late with blockbusters, like God of War: Ragnarok and Horizon: Forbidden West, all running smoothly on your personal computers. But following on from The Last of Us Part 1 and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart's dodgy ports, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is also courting less-than-stellar reactions
  
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• Beloved Bethesda actor from Skyim, Fallout 3, and more shares heartfelt thanks after waking up from a coma and discovering hundreds of people have donated to his medical bills

  31-01-2025 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elder Scrolls and Fallout voice actor Wes Johnson has shared an update video from his hospital bed thanking friends, family, fans, and Bethesda for all the support he's received since falling ill.Over $170,000 has been raised for Johnson's medical bills since a GoFundMe was launched four days ago after the actor was found unconscious in his hotel room before hosting an Alzheimer's charity fundraiser.VG24In a new video shared by Johnson yesterday from his hospital bed, he says, "Hey, it's Wes Joh
  
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• Stranger Things season 5 releasing in 2025 might not be a certainty as its creators admit that target is "quite the push"

  31-01-2025 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things creators the Duffer brothers say it's "important for Netflix" that its final season arrives in 2025, but admits there's plenty more still to do before it reaches that target."A lot of it hasn’t been decided, in terms of exactly the release dates and cadence. That’s one reason I’m not allowed to talk about it," Matt Duffer tells Variety about the release plans of Stranger Things season 5. "We’re getting on a call in about a couple weeks about it. I just kno
  
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• James Gunn weighs in on a potential deep-cut Avengers: Endgame and Guardians of the Galaxy plot hole

  31-01-2025 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn has helped clear up a confusing detail in the MCU, and honestly it's a relief to hear it. The potential plot hole revolves around Peter Quill, and his grandfather Jason Quill. As you might remember, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ends with Star Lord leaving the team and reuniting with his grandfather on Earth.It's an emotional scene where the pair see each other again after 38 years, but as one fan points out, Peter had actually been back to Earth during this time. In Avengers: Endgam
  
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• Marvel star says it's been "tiring" trying to make his Sleeping Dogs movie, but he's still persevering – and also isn't giving up on his "dream" of a game sequel

  31-01-2025 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel star Simu Liu wants to make an adaptation of the video game Sleeping Dogs – but by the sounds of things, it hasn't all been smooth sailing."So few film projects make it from pitch phase to greenlight. Pitching execs who don’t understand the game has been tiring. Everyone’s overwhelming love of Sleeping Dogs here has really given us life!" he wrote on Twitter. "First a movie, then a sequel game for everyone… that's always been the dream."Sleeping Dogs is set in Hon
  
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• Blizzard hands out refunds for a $28 Overwatch 2 skin after making it a free Twitch drop just 24 hours post-release

  31-01-2025 13:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard Entertainment is making amends with fans livid about a paid Overwatch 2 skin that became free 24 hours later.Overwatch 2 always seems to be steeped in some kind of controversy - sometimes deserved, mostly not - but the latest round of criticism came from support hero Lucio's Cyber DJ legendary skin that was included in the in-game store via the Cyber Fiend bundle, which also featured a futuristic Widowmaker skin, for roughly $28. It was a cool outfit, so what's the big fuss about?
  
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• Gerard Butler is returning for Den of Thieves 3, and co-star O'Shea Jackson Jr. is one step closer to his Fast and Furious dream

  31-01-2025 13:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Den of Thieves 3 is officially in the works at Lionsgate, with series stars Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. returning.In the heist actioner franchise, Butler stars as Detective Nick "Big Nick" O'Brien, and Jackson is career criminal and ex-marine Donnie Wilson. In the first movie, which was released in 2018, Nick sets out to stop Donnie's crew from robbing a bank in LA, while this year's sequel, Den of Thieves: Pantera, sees the action move to Europe – and Nick and Donnie joining forc
  
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• As layoffs reportedly hit BioWare, Former Dragon Age writer tells fans not to worry: "DA isn't dead because it's yours now"

  31-01-2025 12:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Several key Dragon Age: The Veilguard developers have reportedly either been let go from BioWare or moved to other studios within EA, but senior writer Sheryl Chee has some words of hope.Chee was also moved out of BioWare, but they post: "I'm now with Motive. It's been a hard two years seeing my team get chipped away and having to still keep going. But I'm still employed, so there's that."Layoffs have hit the industry hard these last few years. Record growth occurred during the COVID lockdowns,
  
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• Invincible doesn't want to risk "spoiling a bunch of insane stuff" days before season 3 so its latest secretive trailer sees two characters only saying six words to each other

  31-01-2025 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for Invincible season 3 has dropped, and it's basically revealed nothing. The short clip released by Prime Video begins with some already-seen footage of Mark Grayson before it cuts to Mark and Cecil walking into a white-walled room and have a stare-off."Is that all you got?" Mark says, before Cecil replies, "Yeah." And that is literally it… so revelatory, right? Alongside the new clip, the official Instagram account wrote their reasoning behind the spoiler-free look."ONE WE
  
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• Original Ghostface killer is returning for Scream 7 as star Matthew Lillard confirms

  31-01-2025 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news horror fans. This is what we’ve been waiting for. The original Ghostface killer Matthew Lillard is officially returning to the Scream franchiseLillard, who played Stu Macher in the first Scream movie, has been cast in Scream 7, as reported by Deadline. Stu was one-half of the Ghostface killer duo in the 1996 film alongside final girl Sidney Prescott’s boyfriend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich).Soon after the news broke, Lillard took to his Instagram to confirm the news himself i
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 dev slams EA's BioWare layoffs as "a short-term cost-saving measure" that "doesn't solve a long-term problem"

  31-01-2025 11:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director Michael Douse is calling out EA for continually laying off BioWare staff, in this case after the less-than-expected performance of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, arguing that it's the publisher's duty to find a "viable strategic direction" for a struggling studio.Earlier this week, publisher EA declared its commitment to Mass Effect 5 while stating the project doesn't yet "require support from the full studio." So, it announced that some
  
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• Diablo 4 season 7 just went live last week and players are already using a bugged Witchcraft power to deal trillions of damage and shatter Pit 150 speed records

  31-01-2025 01:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Folks, it's been a little over a week since Diablo 4 season 7 launched with its new Witchcraft powers, and players are already exploiting a bug to deal trillions of dollars and beating the game's hardest content in record-breaking times.Various Diablo 4 streamers, including Mekuna (via Polygon), are showcasing the exploit, which appears to be related to the new Witchcraft power, Decay Augmentation. In the below video, Mekuna builds out a pretty standard Spiritborn Fireball build and uses Decay A
  
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• Peach Momoko dresses up Phoenix, Black Cat, Wolverine, Venom, and many more in new kimono variant covers

  31-01-2025 00:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Peach Momoko is one of Marvel's hottest creators thanks to her hit comic Ultimate X-Men, which just revealed a connection to Momoko's Demon Days (which also ties into Marvel Rivals). Now, in the same spirit of Demon Days, in which Momoko created her own version of the Marvel Universe based around Japanese mythology, the writer/artist has created 19 variant covers featuring Marvel heroes in their own custom kimono that reflect their classic costumes."When I drew the Marvel heroes wearing kimono,
  
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