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• The Nintendo Switch is getting a manga reader app, but only in Japan

  06-02-2025 23:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Like peanut butter and chocolate, two great tastes that are even better together will combine in March when Japan gets its very first manga e-reader app for the Nintendo Switch courtesy of publisher Shogakukan. That's the good news. The bad news is, it's only available in Japan for now, and it's unclear if or when it will come to the US or other outside markets.The announcement came from the social media of Tatsuki Waki, an editor for Shogakukan's monthly Coro Coro Comic magazine (translation co
  
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• "Rockstar Games seeks perfection in everything they do": Take-Two boss is confident in GTA 6, but "our competitors are not asleep"

  06-02-2025 23:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 is still on track to launch this fall, as Rockstar parent Take-Two has confirmed in its latest financial report. But CEO Strauss Zelnick is willing to admit that there's always a possibility that the game might slip, even though he's confident in Rockstar's quest for perfection."We believe that arrogance is the enemy of continued success," Zelnick said in a Q&A session following the Take-Two financials. "We run scared. We're looking over our shoulder. Our competitors are not asleep. An
  
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• New Switch 2 patent confirms it: Nintendo is straight-up calling that Joy-Con thing a "mouse"

  06-02-2025 23:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the genuinely new features confirmed in the Switch 2 reveal was the Joy-Cons' ability to be used like a mouse, and in a newly public patent, Nintendo calls it exactly that.In the Drawings tab of the patent's webpage, you can see a bunch of sketches of the Switch 2 and its new magnetically docking Joy-Cons. A handful of those show the Joy-Cons being used like you would a normal PC mouse, and in some cases, with one Joy-Con in each hand.The patent abstract says the Joy-Cons have "a front su
  
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• Tom Cruise says he had to "train himself to breathe" for intense Mission: Impossible 8 stunts: "There were times I would pass out physically"

  06-02-2025 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie went all out for the last installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise."There would be a day in Africa - any day in Africa - where Tom would go out and do something that topped anything he had ever done before," McQuarrie told Empire. "I truly want to puke thinking about the stress. It was intense.”"When you stick your face out, going over 120 to 130 miles an hour, you’re not getting oxygen," Cruise explained. "So I had to train mysel
  
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• Helldivers 2 CEO praises players for their "brilliant" DSS strategy, but follows up with a grave threat: "J.O.E.L. is out to get you now"

  06-02-2025 22:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2 grunts have figured out how to tame the behemoth Democracy Space Station with a strategy that's so long-overdue, developer Arrowhead's CEO had to threaten them to chill out."I just wanna give you folks a big props for the DSS maneuver you did," Shams Jorjani says in Helldivers' Discord. "Brilliant move. J.O.E.L. is out to get you now."What earned ire from Joel, Helldivers' nefarious Game Master at Arrowhead? The fan account Helldivers_NOW explains players' winning DSS strategy in a
  
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• GTA 6 still coming this fall, Take-Two boss says "there's always a risk of slippage" but "we feel really good" about a 2025 launch

  06-02-2025 22:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yet another Take-Two financial report is upon us, which means the company is once again reconfirming that subsidiary Rockstar's long-awaited open-world opus GTA 6 is still on track to launch in fall 2025. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is confident that the game will be released on schedule, but he's willing to admit that a delay is never out of the question."Look, there's always a risk of slippage and I think as soon as you say words like absolutely, you jinx things," Zelnick tells IGN. "So we fe
  
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• Sarah Michelle Gellar breaks silence on Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot: "We will only make this show if we can do it right"

  06-02-2025 21:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sarah Michelle Gellar has broken her silence about the recently announced Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot."I have always listened to the fans and heard your desire to revisit Buffy and her world, but it was not something I could do unless I was sure we would get it right," Gellar wrote in a lengthy statement on her personal Instagram account. "This has been a long process, and it's not over yet. I promise you, we will only make this show if we know we can do it right. And I will tell you that we
  
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• Juggernaut meets his maker as the X-Men arrive to fight Cyttorak in Amazing Spider-Man #67

  06-02-2025 21:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Peter Parker is staring death in the face once again. Having taken on the mission assigned to him by Doctor Doom, Spider-Man has been battling the eight Scions of Cyttorak, one after another – and usually dying in the process. In next week's Amazing Spider-Man #67, however, help is on hand in the form of the X-Men, with one surprising character especially eager to stomp evil in the face.We have an exclusive preview of the new issue, from the team of writer Justina Ireland, penciller and in
  
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• After 1,428 deaths, Elden Ring player literally beats the whole game using a real boxing dummy as a controller, and not even Malenia was safe

  06-02-2025 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Twitch streamer EdyBot recently redefined what a "fists-only" Elden Ring run looks like by using a punchable martial arts dummy as her controller and literally beating FromSoftware's open-world game."This is the dream, baby," EdyBot says on stream, 1,097 deaths into her run. "We're so close."The Century training dummy she's using appears to be rigged with motion control wires that allocate each section of its body to a button – she hits and presses on the top middle of its chest, for examp
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sees Skyrim's iconic guards and raises them a guy with an arrow in his head: "To the knee? That's nothing. You could go dancing the next day with a scratch like that"

  06-02-2025 20:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 includes an amusing reference to Skyrim's heavily memeified guards, who, if you remember, frequently enjoy reminding you that they took an arrow to the knee that one time.This Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 encounter was shared on Twitter by Game Heroes' Blaine Smith, and it shows Henry having a conversation with an NPC who's sporting an arrow sticking out of his forehead. Now, if you've ever played an RPG, you might assume at first that you'd simply stumbled upon a glit
  
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• Civilization 7 devs "looking into feedback" as hardcore 4X fans blast the game on Steam, with 44% positive early reviews ripping into bad UI

  06-02-2025 20:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Civilization 7 is out now for those willing to pay at least $100 for the Deluxe Edition, and these most hardcore of fans have already dropped thousands of reviews on Steam. So far, those reviews are just 44% positive, and the biggest pain point seems to be the long-awaited 4X game's bad UI.Yes, there are also complaints about features and gameplay system changes - the exact same kinds of things fans get upset about with every new entry in the Civ series. But I'm not sure I've ever seen a AAA gam
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Feb 7 - 9)

  06-02-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Our list of the best new movies and TV shows to watch on streaming this weekend include some highly anticipated returns, and one of the most talked-about romances of the season. Your next watch is among the best streaming services, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Max, and Apple TV Plus — you just need to find it, with a little help from us.Here we've selected six unmissable titles, both movies and TV series, that you should be adding to your watchlist this weekend. Are yo
  
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• Former Epic and BioWare devs reveal their new co-op action RPG, a gorgeous sky-high dungeon adventure "in a fully breakable world"

  06-02-2025 18:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another indie studio from another group of AAA industry veterans has revealed its debut project. This time, the former Epic, EA, Codemasters, Disney, and BioWare veterans at Noodle Cat Games have unveiled Cloudheim, a co-op action RPG with destructible environments all about comboing your enemies into oblivion.The debut trailer for Cloudheim has everything I could ask for in a video game: a kaiju-sized turtle, multiple muscle ladies, and combat all about hitting dudes with other dudes. Cloudheim
  
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• As The Sims 2 returns, The Sims 4 is finally getting its own Open for Business expansion pack with candy shops, multi-type lots, tattoo artists, and more

  06-02-2025 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  After posting a cryptic teaser featuring what looked to be a tattoo artist job in The Sims 4, EA has unveiled its full trailer for the life sim's Businesses and Hobbies expansion pack - a pack that might remind long-time fans of the series of Sims 2 DLC.It's an especially exciting time to be a Simmer right now, between The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 re-releases on PC and The Sims 4's celebratory update featuring more than 70 items – but that's not all. The rumors of a possible expansion for the
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3's unreleased Patch 8 is getting its own patch today, because Mystra forbid Gale goes another day without eating magic shoes

  06-02-2025 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news, folks – Gale will soon go back to his regularly scheduled shoe-munching activities in Baldur's Gate 3 if you're one of the lucky RPG players who's been getting stuck into the Patch 8 stress test.Baldur's Gate 3's final major patch isn't officially out for everyone just yet, but its stress test went live last week for those who successfully registered. That is, after it accidentally went live early on PS5 (which definitely wasn't supposed to happen). Being a stress test, not ever
  
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• PlayStation DMCAs Nightmare Kart creator's Bloodborne PS1 Demake right after she announces new DLC for the gothic racer

  06-02-2025 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony has been getting pretty aggressive with a bunch of fan-made Bloodborne projects lately, having apparently just issued a DMCA takedown to a four-year-old 60fps mod, and it's now going after a gorgeous Bloodborne Demake. But the project's developer, Lilith Walther, is going full steam ahead with DLC for her Bloodborne Kar- err, I mean, Nightmare Kart game anyway.You might remember Nightmare Kart (FKA Bloodborne Kart) as the game that went viral thanks to its mix of PSX-style polygonal art, wh
  
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• Days after EA CEO suggests players crave live service guff, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss says their single-player RPG made all its money back in one day

  06-02-2025 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has already recouped its development costs and turned a profit, having sold 1 million copies in its first 24 hours.Daniel Vávra, co-founder of Kingdom Come developer Warhorse Studios, discussed the game's launch with Czech outlet Seznam Zprávy. A machine translation of his comments, separately archived here, confirms the game made money on its first day."Before the launch, we were betting in the studio on how many copies we could sell," Vávra said
  
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• As EA hints The Veilguard's low sales could be due to a lack of live service elements, former Dragon Age lead calls out "silly" demands to "fundamentally change the DNA of what people loved"

  06-02-2025 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Three months have now passed since BioWare finally saw the long-awaited release of its new RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and the game has reportedly failed to meet EA's sales expectations since then – series veterans say that doesn't mean it should've launched as a live service title.Speaking in a recent online thread after EA's quarterly earnings call in which the publisher insisted that The Veilguard "did not resonate with a broad enough audience" to meet sales expectations, former crea
  
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• As Death Stranding 2: On the Beach gets rated in South Korea and Hideo Kojima appears to tease a new trailer, a release date seems more likely than ever

  06-02-2025 16:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's looking more and more likely that we might be learning Death Stranding 2: On the Beach's release date soon, as the upcoming Kojima Productions sequel has now been rated in South Korea.As spotted by VGC, South Korea's Game Rating and Administration Committee posted Death Stranding 2's rating today. The verdict? According to machine translations, it's not for kids, which was to be expected given its predecessor's M rating. Specifically, the ratings board explains that the sequel features "exc
  
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• Invincible finally lets its One-Punch Man parody mirror his anime counterpart during the season 3 premiere

  06-02-2025 16:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Invincible isn't exactly shy when it comes to skewering the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of superhero media. Darkwing is clearly a Batman stand-in, while the second season smartly sidestepped the comics' Spider-Man crossover with a legally distinct wallcrawler.One that may have slipped by, however, is the background character of Two-Punch Man.Prior to the third season, the bald superhero had only appeared in the background of a handful of scenes. But the parody of anime and manga hero One-P
  
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• So… does Bruce Wayne really have a secret brother? Batman #157 reveals the answer

  06-02-2025 16:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  One question has lingered over 'The Dying City,' the final arc of Chip Zdarsky’s almost three year run as writer of DC's core Batman comic: Who is William, and is he truly Bruce Wayne's brother? In this week's concluding issue we finally find out for sure...The threat of William Pureford – or Wil, as he prefers to be called – was introduced at the end of last October's Batman #153, when this mysterious antagonist pursued legal action against Wayne in the hope of gaining "legiti
  
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• This action game's Zelda dungeons and Persona-style friendships stole my heart last year, and it's coming to PlayStation next month

  06-02-2025 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dungeons of Hinterberg, a hidden action RPG gem that I absolutely loved from last year, is coming to PlayStation consoles very soon.Some of you on Xbox and PC might have already discovered Dungeons of Hinterberg's charms, but if you've never laid eyes on its gorgeous comic book-esque art, the quick rundown is that it's essentially The Legend of Zelda meets Persona, as random as that might sound, and it's coming to PS4 and PS5 on March 13.You play as a white-collar worker who escapes her corporat
  
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• This isn't a gaming chair for everyone, but its discounted price sure is

  06-02-2025 14:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Flagship gaming chairs don't come cheap, and if you shop with the biggest, most well-known brands you'll quickly realize that. The names "Herman Miller", "Secretlab", and even "Razer" automatically bring $600+ price tags to mind, and if you opt for the flagship seats from those manufacturers, you dip into seriously expensive territory.Corsair may be better known for its gaming PC components than its furniture, but if there's one well-established gaming hardware brand right now that's making flag
  
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• Metal Gear Solid 3 remake release date leaked by PlayStation, alongside a silly Ape Escape mode returning from the PS2 days

  06-02-2025 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  A leaked Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater trailer has accidentally confirmed it's launching this summer, alongside a surprising Ape Escape crossover mode returning from the original MGS 3.The PlayStation Store seems to have made a whoopsie and uploaded an August 28 release date for Metal Gear Solid Delta, a faithful remake of Hideo Kojima's classic action-stealth game, this time built in Unreal Engine 5.It's seemingly not just a speculative date, however. The PlayStation mobile app provides f
  
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• New action-comedy Love Hurts might be from John Wick's producers but it's more like Dragons Forever than the Keanu Reeves franchise, says Ke Huy Quan

  06-02-2025 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  New action comedy Love Hurts may be from the team behind Bullet Train, Atomic Blonde and the John Wick franchise, but it's closer to "Hong Kong movies from the '80s" than any modern day blockbuster, says star Ke Huy Quan."From the very beginning, we were very in sync on what kind of movie we wanted to make. Everybody involved loves, and grew up watching, the Hong Kong '80s action movies, especially the ones that came from Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung," the Oscar winner tells GamesRadar+, citing Dr
  
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• After selling out of the Switch at launch, Nintendo knows rapidly increasing production to meet demand for the Switch 2 "will not be easy"

  06-02-2025 13:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo is already looking ahead to the long-awaited Switch 2 release and what difficulties may come along with it, including the probability that the new console will sell out much like its predecessor did in 2017.Speaking in a Q&A following Nintendo's latest financial results (translated via DeepL and Google), company president Shuntaro Furukawa explains that Nintendo is preparing to "meet as much demand as possible" with the Switch 2. He explains that the company plans to gauge consumers
  
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• Tom Cruise had two bizarre requests for Tropic Thunder, according to Ben Stiller

  06-02-2025 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tropic Thunder star and director Ben Stiller has revealed the bizarre requests Tom Cruise had for his character.Cruise played Les Grossman in the movie, a studio executive with a bad temper who was producing the fictional Tropic Thunder film.So what were Cruise's two requests? "He wanted to have big, thick forearms that were hairy," Stiller told Conan O'Brien, adding: "And he wanted to dance."Stiller went on to say that he originally wanted Cruise to play his own part in the movie, but ultimatel
  
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• Marvel star signs up to wild new horror movie from Longlegs producers that's told from the perspective of a dog

  06-02-2025 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan is exploring a new genre after signing up to a horror movie with a very unique premise. The Marvel star will play a serial killer who lives a seemingly normal life, but is hiding a dark secret – and only his dog can help.Bad Boy is told from the perspective of the four-legged companion of killer Cameron, who loves his new owner. According to the synopsis shared by Deadline, dog Gary is not allowed in the basement "and even if he was, he can’t unlock doors." H
  
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• Avowed director confirms the game follows The Outer Worlds' lead to skip New Game Plus, but DLC is still a "maybe"

  06-02-2025 13:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avowed won't launch with a New Game Plus option, but the game's director isn't ruling out DLC.Obsidian Entertainment is returning to its first-person roleplaying roots in Avowed, coming out February 18, after dabbling with craft-o-survival gameplay in Grounded and a historical adventure in Pentiment for its last few games. That means there'll be tons of room for unique character builds, wild choices, and multiple endings.As such, as soon as you reach the credits with, let's say, your virtuous ma
  
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• Captain America: Brave New World director explains why "incredible" WWE Superstar's villain was cut from the Marvel film

  06-02-2025 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Captain America: Brave New World director Julius Onah has addressed why WWE Superstar Seth Rollins' role was ultimately cut from the new Marvel movie.While exact details around Rollins' part are unknown, he would have seemingly played a member of the Serpent Society, a snake-themed group of villains pulled straight from the pages of Captain America's comics.As Onah tells ComicBook.com, even before Rollins' part was left on the cutting room floor there was some work that needed to be done to ensu
  
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• Homelander actor Antony Starr's James Bond screen test for Casino Royale has been leaked online, and The Boys fans are all making the same joke

  06-02-2025 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Along with Henry Cavill, Rupert Friend, and Sam Worthington, The Boys actor Antony Starr has had his James Bond screen test from 2005 mysteriously posted online, and fans are absolutely loving it.The four-and-a-half-minute video, posted on YouTube by Ron South, shows Starr reading for the role of the new James Bond, presumably for the 2006 flick Casino Royale, after Pierce Bronson sipped his last Martini as 007 in 2002. The star is reading from the Golden Eye script, where Bronson’s agent
  
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• Legendary Dragon Age writer looks to Baldur's Gate 3 devs while giving EA advice after The Veilguard: "Follow Larian's lead and double down on that"

  06-02-2025 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just three months have passed since BioWare finally saw the long-awaited release of its new RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard, a launch that reportedly wasn't as successful as publisher EA initially hoped it would be – but series veteran David Gaider has some advice for the company.Speaking in a recent thread online, the original lead writer and creator of the beloved Dragon Age setting begins by addressing EA's quarterly earnings call in which the publisher insisted that The Veilguard "did no
  
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• The Resident Evil deathmatch game that flopped is going offline as Capcom says it's "served its original, celebratory purpose admirably"

  06-02-2025 12:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom is delisting and shutting down the disappointing Resident Evil deathmatch spin-off.The publisher announced that its multiplayer shooter Resident Evil Re:Verse, which let you pit fan-favorites like Jill Sandwich and Leon Kennedy against each other in iconic locations, will go offline on June 29 at 23:59 PT (that's June 30 at 02:59 ET, or 07:59 GMT). That means you won't be able to play the game after that date, and any in-game goodies you spent real-world money on will simply disappear.Res
  
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• The Acolyte star says the Star Wars show's cancelation was "overwhelming," but she's still "proud" of playing a Jedi: "Bucket list ticked"

  06-02-2025 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dafne Keen, who played Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon in The Acolyte, has talked about the Star Wars show's cancelation.The series was not renewed for more last year despite ending on a massive cliffhanger, with the reasoning put down to poor viewership. It starred Amandla Stenberg in dual roles as twins Osha and Mae."It's definitely, I think, overwhelming for all of us," Keen told Screen Rant. "I think we were all very proud of what we created. I know I'm very proud [of my character], I was very proud
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 exclusives are still "very important" despite ongoing support for Switch 1, company president says

  06-02-2025 11:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo Switch is easily one of the most successful consoles of all time, having sold more than 150 million units and counting. As such, Nintendo doesn't want to pull the brakes on games coming to the console, but it's also committed to bringing "very important" exclusives to the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2.Company president Shuntaro Furukawa said as much in a recent Q&A after its latest financial results, reconfirming that Pokemon Legends Z-A and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond are still slated
  
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• 20 years later, Henry Cavill's James Bond audition that the director called "tremendous" has been leaked online

  06-02-2025 11:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Henry Cavill's audition to play 007 has been released online, and it gives us a hint at the Superman actor's take on the iconic character. In the video, which you can see below, Cavill reads scenes from Goldeneye, originally spoken by Pierce Brosnan's James Bond.The audition from 2005 sees Cavill speak some classic lines, including his order of a "vodka martini, shaken not stirred" and that his name is "Bond, James Bond". The full video lasts about seven minutes in total and sees the star, who w
  
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• Original Hellboy actor Ron Perlman "had an opportunity" to reprise the role, but refused to do it without Guillermo del Toro involved

  06-02-2025 11:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Original Hellboy actor Ron Perlman has revealed he was offered the chance to reprise his role as the hellish hero, but turned it down because director Guillermo del Toro wasn't involved.When asked by That Hashtag Show whether he would want to play Hellboy again, Perlman replied, "For Guillermo, I would."He added, "I had an opportunity to play him for other people and I passed. That's his franchise as far as I'm concerned – and I'm his boy."Perlman played the gruff, gun-toting B.P.R.D demon
  
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• Harrison Ford says Troy Baker's "brilliant" Indiana Jones and the Great Circle performance is proof "you don’t need artificial intelligence to steal my soul"

  06-02-2025 02:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Harrison Ford reckons Troy Baker's acclaimed performance in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is proof we don't need AI to replace voice actors.Talking to WSJ (thanks, Culture Crave), Ford once again praised Baker's performance, calling it "brilliant." This comes just weeks after he took the stage at The Game Awards 2024 and said Baker did "a great job" playing Indy, which is quite the turnaround for the actor, who said back in 2019 that "nobody else" could play Indy.Anyway, he's obviously over
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's respec mechanic involves drinking so much that you can't remember anything, Disco Elysium style

  06-02-2025 00:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  At the start of Disco Elysium, you wake up from a gnarly hangover with what seems to be drug-induced amnesia. In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, you basically have to go through the same thing every time you want to respec your character.Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 launched this week to pretty great reviews, and since the GamesRadar+ guides team has had its hands on the game for a while now, various writers have been sharing amusing details about the game for the past week or two. One of those is t
  
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