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• Fantasy Life developer says it struggled with "compatible platforms and new hardware," but now the long-awaited 3DS game sequel is "shaping up to be an outstanding RPG"

  10-02-2025 23:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a two-year delay, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time appears to be on schedule for its planned April 2025 release date on the Nintendo Switch, though developer Level-5 notes suspiciously that it's been toying with "compatible platforms and new hardware."That's why "there has been a slight delay in the release of major news," CEO Akihiro Hino says on Twitter, as translated by Japanese gaming site Gematsu. Hino doesn't expand on what new hardware he's been busy brawling with, though hi
  
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• In a true JRPG miracle, Square Enix says Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D sales are better "than initially assumed"

  10-02-2025 23:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake has been a surprise sales success, says publisher Square Enix.In its latest earnings report for the nine-month fiscal period that ended on December 31, Square Enix says its "HD game sub-segment," which refers to its big tentpole releases like Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, saw a decline in sales compare to the previous fiscal year. That's because "new titles generated lower sales than releases such as 'FINAL FANTASY XVI,' 'FINAL FANTASY PIXEL REMASTER,'
  
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• First look at new Avatar 3 location is "the exact opposite" of the vibrant Pandora we saw in James Cameron's first two movies

  10-02-2025 22:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar 3: Fire and Ash is almost upon us - and a first look at a new village has arrived.The Ash clan, aka the Mangkwan, are set to make their first appearance, with Oona Chaplin's Varang as their leader."[The Mangkwan] had a natural disaster befall them, and that sort of helped shape their culture," production designer Dylan Cole told Empire."So much of the world of Pandora is rich and vibrant and full of life - this is just the exact opposite. They used to live not too dissimilarly to the Omat
  
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• Marvel Rivals confirms The Thing and Human Torch release date, but many players are too frustrated with ranks resetting twice every season to care

  10-02-2025 21:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals just announced, excitingly, that The Thing and Human Torch are finally coming to the hero shooter on February 21, but it seems like most players are too furious about the game's new mid-season rank reset to notice.No offense, The Thing and Human Torch – you Fantastic Four members look very strong and intimidating in your promotional images. Personally, I would hate to be a torch or boulder person, so good for you.That said, these superheroes are getting overshadowed like it's
  
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• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man star Colman Domingo wants to play Norman Osborn in a live-action MCU movie: "I would love to tear that up on the big screen"

  10-02-2025 20:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Your Friendly Neighborhood's Colman Domingo wouldn't mind also playing Norman Osborn in a live-action MCU movie."[Your Friendly Neighborhood is] cool, but I do want to get the live-action out, too," Domingo said on the Happy Sad Confused Podcast. "Wouldn't that be kind of cool? I would love to tear that up on the big screen. But I'm having a good time, I love the animation. I love the idea of playing Norman Osborn and you'll see his evolution as the Green Goblin in the coming seasons."The new an
  
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• Take-Two boss seemingly teases eventual GTA 6 PC port: "We don't always go across all platforms simultaneously"

  10-02-2025 20:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 still hasn't been confirmed for PC, but Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has seemingly teased that it eventually will.Last week, Zelnick again affirmed that Rockstar's long-awaited open-world sequel is still on track to launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X this fall, noting that "there's always a risk of slippage." An eventual PC release has always seemed fairly likely because of established Rockstar precedent as well as the unrivaled demand for a game like GTA 6, and in an interview with IGN, Zel
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds will give you one free character edit, which is great for Fashion Hunters, but frustrating for everyone who's sick of paywalled customization

  10-02-2025 18:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  In spirit, Monster Hunter Wilds is the sequel to monster-wrecking adventure Monster Hunter World with promises of the freaky creatures and abundant nature that made the 2018 game so great. In practice, Monster Hunter Wilds seemingly adopts even some of World's bad habits, like its paywalled character creator that gives players only one free edit."One 'Hunter's Grooming Ticket' and one '[Palico]'s Grooming Ticket' will be available free of charge from each store from the date of release for editi
  
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• Brand-new Resident Evil 5 and 6 ESRB ratings have survival horror fans wondering what the heck Capcom is doing

  10-02-2025 18:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil 5 just got an ESRB rating for Xbox Series X|S, and just a couple of weeks after a similar rating cropped up for Resident Evil 6, fans are struggling to figure out just what the heck Capcom has in mind.A new Resident Evil 5 ESRB rating was noted by Wario64 on Bluesky earlier today, and curiously, this rating is only for Xbox Series consoles. The content description is quite similar to that of previous versions of the game, though the text is slightly different, just as it subtly cha
  
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• Civilization 7 launched with 3 new Ages, but data miners think we could be getting a fourth

  10-02-2025 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Civilization 7 has a new mechanic, Ages, and a recent datamine suggests a fourth is on the way.In Civilization 7, a new system has replaced the previous Eras of the game. In Civilization 6, there was both a World Era and an Individual Era, with the former being the median of all civilizations in play.Now, instead of everyone progressing at their own pace by researching technology and civics, when one Age is completed, all players and opponents level up to the next one at the same time. Currently
  
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• Take-Two boss is "not concerned" about falling console sales because major 2025 games like GTA 6 will help convince more people to buy a PS5 or Xbox Series X

  10-02-2025 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's no doubt in anyone's mind that GTA 6 is going to be one of the biggest games of the year, so it comes as little surprise that the CEO of Rockstar Games owner Take-Two Interactive, Strauss Zelnick, seems confident that it'll be able to help drive console sales, too.As it stands, GTA 6 is only set to release on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar has remained vague about a potential PC release, although many believe it'll get a port eventually, just like GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 did a
  
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• Euphoria star reveals he talked to Marvel about the Kang replacement rumors, but it didn't feel right: "I want a role to be mine"

  10-02-2025 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Colman Domingo can't wait to star in a live-action MCU movie, but he definitely won't be doing it as Jonathan Majors' replacement as Kang, as some rumors seemed to indicate. A year after he denied having been cast as the new Kang, the Euphoria actor has offered further clarification into what really happened behind the scenes."Listen, after a while, when it was constantly in the press and places like Twitter, I was like: 'wait a minute, is this true? Am I being talked about for Kang?' So I liter
  
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• 24 years later, fans are still spotting the incredible, "unmatched" attention to detail in Lord of the Rings

  10-02-2025 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  24 years after it premiered, Lord of the Rings fans are still spotting incredible background details in The Fellowship of the Ring."The details in this trilogy never cease to amaze me: there's a quarry next to Isildur statue in the Argonath!" said one fan on Reddit, accompanied by a picture of the quarry besides the statue.
  lotr from r/lotr/comments/1ij71dr/the_details_in_this_trilogy_never_cease_to_amaze
  "Yes, and those parts of the statues that are above the height of the cliff-face were visib
  
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• This crowdfunding project wants to treat Transformers fans to 12 inches of Breastforce

  10-02-2025 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over the past few years, Hasbro’s crowdfunding platform, Haslab has been an avenue for Transformer’s fans to show their enduring love for the 1989 anime, Transformers: Victory.
  With figures like Victory Saber and Deathsaurus already funded, manufactured, and sitting pretty in enthusiasts’ collections, Haslab’s most recent Transformers project offers the addition of Deathsaurus’ wicked band of Decepticon lackeys. Hear their name and cower: it’s the Breastforce.
  
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• The White Lotus season 3 star sayings this instalment is "bigger, bolder, and better" than the previous two, teasing an opening scene that will have your "jaw on the floor"

  10-02-2025 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The White Lotus returns to our screens for a third outing this week and this time, the HBO show is taking us to beautiful Thailand as another group of guests have a very troubled vacation.Just like with every season, there's a new cast of characters to meet and much – much – drama unfurls. But the question is – how does The White Lotus season 3 compare to the previous two chapters?For star Natasha Rothwell, who returns as spa manager Belinda reprising her role from season 1, sh
  
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• Undertale's Toby Fox teases a Deltarune update he's already shared with family and friends: "They all described it as 'a cry for help because your game is not out'"

  10-02-2025 17:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  The creator of indie sensation Undertale, Toby Fox, has been told by his family and friends that a minigame he's been working on for follow-up Deltarune is a "cry for help," but in a good way.Deltarune is an upcoming game with some familiar faces from Undertale, although it has a different setting. It's been in development for over six years and we've only got two chapters so far, with two more due out this year. Described as a "parallel story" to Undertale's, it contains "non-violent RPG battle
  
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• After 3 years of playing Final Fantasy 14 "almost every single day," series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons the MMO "might be the game that I've played the most in my life"

  10-02-2025 16:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's no secret that Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi loves a bit of the critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy 14. After around three years of grinding "almost every single day," Sakaguchi now reckons the game "might be the game that I've played the most in my life."Speaking to Anime News Network, Sakaguchi charts the road back to Square Enix that recently led to his lovely wee JRPG Fantasian springing free from Apple Arcade jail to PC and consoles. Replaying Final Fantasy 6 influenced h
  
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• The White Lotus star says that fans are "gonna lose their minds" at K-pop star Lisa's acting debut in the hit HBO show

  10-02-2025 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Every season of hit HBO drama The White Lotus brings us a new cast of characters, all brilliantly brought to life by an ensemble of tremendous actors. If there's one thing showrunner Mike White knows how to get right – it's the show's casting.All eyes then were on the casting announcements for The White Lotus season 3, with fans getting excited by the news that the likes of Fallout's Walton Goggins, Harry Potter's Jason Isaacs, and Sex Education's Aimee Lou Wood were joining the show.As ev
  
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• Elden Ring Nightreign's map will sometimes see "large-scale changes" to terrain including procedurally appearing volcanos, forests, and yes, swamps

  10-02-2025 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring Nightreign isn't messing with a good thing, so you can expect some gnarly swamps to ruin your day and honor FromSoftware tradition. Lovely stuff.Speaking to PC Gamer in magazine issue 405, director Junya Ishizaki shares that the map sometimes sees "large-scale changes to terrain in the form of procedurally appearing volcanos or swamps or forests.""We wanted the map itself to be a giant dungeon, so players have the chance to traverse and explore a different way every time they play," h
  
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• Think twice before causing too much trouble in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, because Henry can and will get executed, and there's a heartbreaking cutscene for it

  10-02-2025 16:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 takes crime very seriously – so seriously, in fact, that if you wind up in a bit too much trouble, you might end up getting poor Henry executed.It's not easy to get away with crime in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and protagonist Henry can be faced with a number of consequences depending on just how troublesome his actions were, from being put in the stocks and damaging his reputation, to being branded as a criminal. However, the very worst-case scenario is being
  
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• We’ve got a hot date with Art the Clown this Valentine’s Day as Terrifier 3 heads to streaming

  10-02-2025 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  What are you hoping to receive this Valentine's Day? Chocolate? Flowers? How about a killer clown dressed as Santa Claus? If you answered yes to that last question then you’re in luck as Terrifier 3 has set a streaming date.That’s right, the Christmas-themed slasher is about to claim yet another holiday. As confirmed on Twitter, Terrifier 3 is coming to Screambox on February 14. Not only this, but the streamer has celebrated the news by sharing a Valentine's Day-themed Terrifier 3 po
  
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• Steam doubles down on a 5-year-old rule to make it more visible: "Developers should not utilize paid advertising as a business model in their game"

  10-02-2025 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steam has made one of its policies that bans games that use paid advertising as a business model or use ads to "provide value to players" more visible.Last night, GamingOnLinux spotted the policy on Steam's pricing page. It was initially assumed to be a new rule, but SteamDB pointed out it's been in effect for "at least five years," it's just now been made more visible.The rule reads: "Developers should not utilize paid advertising as a business model in their game, such as requiring players to
  
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• MTG lead designer says "Trans people, people of color, and women playing a larger role, are all part of modern fantasy because they’re all part of the actual world"

  10-02-2025 13:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last week, Magic: The Gathering’s lead designer Mark Rosewater made a point to respond to two particularly problematic questions submitted to his blog. In his replies, he defends marginalized communities – including trans folk, people of color, and women – speaking out against prejudice, and further cementing his position that MTG is a hobby meant for all kinds of people to enjoy.In the first question, which Rosewater posted an answer to on February 6, the questioner makes it c
  
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• Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator returns after insider trading scandal to announce update to obscure pirate-themed coin pusher game: "I had to update a lot of things"

  10-02-2025 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator and former Sonic Team president Yuji Naka has suddenly released an update for an obscure eight-year-old mobile game, in news that feels a bit like a return to normality after some of the developer's more recent headlines.While Naka has racked up credits on loads of iconic games over time, from the original Sonic the Hedgehog to Phantasy Star, as spotted by Time Extension, the game he's turned his attention to once more is Pirates of Coin, which was developed by PROP
  
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• The Dark Knight Rises star says she "screwed up" the death scene that still angers fans over a decade later

  10-02-2025 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard says she "screwed up" in one scene from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, which has been a subject of heated debate among fans for over a decade now.Reuniting with Nolan after Inception, Cotillard played Wayne Enterprises' CEO Miranda Tate in the sequel to The Dark Knight, released in 2012. Spoiler alert, her character starts as an ally to Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne, but she is later revealed to be Talia al Ghul, an accomplice of Tom Hardy's mask
  
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• Superman skipped a Super Bowl TV spot in favor of a Green Lantern joke, and DC fans are divided

  10-02-2025 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Superman skipped a Super Bowl trailer in favor of a new look at both Green Lantern and Krypto – and DC fans aren't sure what to make of it.The clip shows Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner fixing his infamous hair, captioned "the only bowl I need."
  Noting this bowl as a touch down. 🌎❤️ #Superman - only in theaters July 11. pic.twitter.com/IoHD3w8BBMFebruary 9, 2025
  "Yes! I love that you're leaning into his haircut," says one fan, while another says: "Guy Gardner fixing his
  
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• The Black Phone 2 director reveals the one "main difference" between the original horror movie and its upcoming "more graphic" sequel

  10-02-2025 12:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you thought The Black Phone was scary, then strap in for its much more terrifying big brother as director Scott Derrickson explains the major difference between the 2021 horror film and The Black Phone 2."The main difference is that it's a high school coming of age movie, in the same way that the original movie was a middle school coming of age movie, but those are two very different sorts of things," says Derrickson to GamesRadar+. "You know, a high school coming-of-age movie demands more. I
  
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• Zelda and Star Fox veteran says the Nintendo Switch has been a global success, but thinks the House of Mario still has "something" up its sleeve for the Switch 2

  10-02-2025 12:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Nintendo veteran who worked at the iconic developer for 32 years reckons the House of Mario still has "something" up its sleeves regarding the incoming Nintendo Switch 2.Speaking to GamesRadar+, Takaya Imamura says the original Switch is a success no matter how you view it. Mind you, that's not to say Nintendo isn't likely to switch things up for the console's successor."The Switch has had a really long lifespan, and it sold really well, which must mean that this is something that is a global
  
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• The latest Thunderbolts trailer all but confirms a major Marvel fan theory that one character is a goner

  10-02-2025 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new Thunderbolts* trailer has been released, and it's left fans convinced about a Marvel fan theory. Given Taskmaster's very limited screen time in both the early trailers and the latest clip shown during the Super Bowl, viewers are very worried about her character.Despite her prominent position in the poster and being named in the trailer, Taskmaster actually barely appears in the latest clip. It's a pattern too that we've seen in earlier teasers as well, leaving fans all but convinced the
  
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• Disco Elysium lead says original Fallout is an RPG "that's almost Biblical in its annihilation," making "other post-apocalyptic worldbuilding seem like an amusement park"

  10-02-2025 12:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  According to Disco Elysium lead writer and designer Robert Kurvitz, Fallout has stood the test of time since its monumental 1997 release as one of the best RPGs – with some of the best post-apocalyptic worldbuilding.Speaking to author Marijam Did in a recent stream, Kurvitz explains how significant Fallout is to Eastern European gamers and developers in particular before Did plays its opening – an opening Kurvitz dubs "the perfect beginning." He describes the old RPG as an "incredibl
  
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• I don't want to alarm you, but an RTX 5090 power connector has melted

  10-02-2025 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  The last thing you want to see after picking up an RTX 5090 is reports of melting power connectors, but a Reddit user has unfortunately fallen folly to the issue. Thankfully, the problem is seemingly related to using third-party adapters rather than the graphics card's design, so your pricey GPU should be safe if you stick with Nvidia's dongle.Photos shared by ivan6953 reveal an RTX 5090 Founder's Edition in a sorry state due to a "molten" 12VHPWR power adapter. The dongle in question isn't the
  
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• Denzel Washington says he was smiling when he learned about his Gladiator 2 Oscar snub as he's been around too long to care

  10-02-2025 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Denzel Washington was a standout in Gladiator 2 as the power-hungry Macrinus, but despite some early awards buzz, the actor has not been nominated for the Oscars 2025. Not that he cares much about that, though."I was sitting there smiling, going: Look at you. On the day you didn't get a nomination for an Oscar, you're working on Othello on Broadway. Are you kidding me?", he said in a recent interview with The New York Times. The actor is playing the lead in a new production of Othello that goes
  
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• Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate isn't canceled despite the lack of updates confirms series creator Yuji Horii, who says the team is "working hard" on the JRPG

  10-02-2025 11:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate was announced almost four years ago, if you can believe it, but despite news being incredibly light on the ground since, series creator Yuji Horii has confirmed that the devs are still "working hard" on it.The next new Dragon Quest instalment was first revealed during the series' 35th Anniversary livestream back in 2021 alongside Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, and while the latter was finally released last year, we're still yet to see anything of The Flames of F
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 breaks into Steam's top 50 most-played with a peak concurrent player count more than twice what the original had

  10-02-2025 11:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has more than two and a half times the peak concurrent player count the original game ever achieved, an impressive feat for any direct sequel.Sequels are a tricky business. On the one hand, they allow developers to reuse assets and get a game out of the door faster, and if the original game was a success, it's comforting for investors to know there's already a fan base. On the other hand, if a sequel relies on you having played its predecessor, it can alienate some an
  
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• Attack on Titan movie post-credits scene explained: what happens in The Last Attack's bonus scene?

  10-02-2025 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Attack on Titan movie The Last Attack is actually a repackaging of the anime's 'Final Chapters'. So, while you may not go into cinemas expecting anything new, you'll come out of it slightly surprised by the one key difference – a post-credits scene.In truth, it's one of the more bizarre after-credits stingers. As you'll soon find out, it's less an epilogue to Eren's post-Rumbling story and more an alternate universe adaptation of one of the manga's most beloved spin-off series.Still, y
  
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• New Thunderbolts trailer sees the MCU's most beloved antiheroes step in for the Avengers and save the world

  10-02-2025 01:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fresh off the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer earlier this week, Marvel has also unveiled a new look at Thunderbolts*.We've seen a couple of first looks at the Marvel Phase 5 movie already, but this one is the most action-packed yet. The trailer, released at the 2025 Super Bowl, can be watched above - and it looks like the MCU's most beloved antiheroes are stepping in for the Avengers.In the brief clip, Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine tells a courtroom that the Avenger
  
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• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning trailer sees Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt embark on his most dangerous mission yet

  10-02-2025 00:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Everything you were, everything you've done, has come to this. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. See you at the movies May 23, 2025. pic.twitter.com/KDt7LbOdTCFebruary 9, 2025
  The new trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is here and, forget the Super Bowl, the real action can be found in what's shaping up to be Ethan Hunt's final Mission.In the brief trailer, which can be viewed above, Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt embarks on what appears to be his final mission -
  
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