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• D&D sickos rejoice: Signs of Neverwinter Nights 2 remaster emerge hinting at the RPG sequel's first Steam release 19 years after launch

  11-02-2025 23:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sure looks like the 2006 D&D-based RPG Neverwinter Nights 2 is getting a remaster and a first-ever Steam launch.As spotted by Wario64, SteamDB was recently updated with a new listing for "Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2." The changelog goes back to early December of 2024 and has been updated as recently as this afternoon.Now, this could either be some weirdly specific but meaningless update on Steam's backend, or more likely, it indicates a Neverwinter Nights 2 remaster is on
  
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• With one hand for each character, Elden Ring master beats Shadow of the Erdtree and its infamous final boss while playing on PC and PS5 at the same time

  11-02-2025 21:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring streamer BioticNova recently performed the video game equivalent to high-risk neurosurgery by beating two copies of Shadow of the Erdtree at the same time.Yes, that's right: BioticNova defeated the ancient evil that is Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss Radahn twice simultaneously, with their attention torn between a PC monitor and a PS5 monitor, and their hands fluttering around two different controllers. I hardly made it out of my scrap with Miquella's consort, and I kept both of my
  
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• Dev behind Battlefield 3's iconic jet mission had even grander plans, said "f*** it" instead and just made an "awesome cinematic jet experience"

  11-02-2025 20:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  DICE originally had even bigger plans for Battlefield 3's iconic jet mission, but they had to be scaled back due to technical obstacles.If you've played Battlefield 3, you'll no doubt remember the thrilling jet mission, which, I'll have you know, has an actual name. It's called Going Hunting, it's the fourth mission in the main campaign, and it puts you in the army boots of Lt. Jennifer "Wedge" Hawkins for a stunning airborne battle in the stormy skies of the Persian Gulf. It's arguably the most
  
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• Mortal Kombat 2 unveils the first look at The Boys star Karl Urban's Johnny Cage in the most Johnny Cage way imaginable

  11-02-2025 19:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first look at Karl Urban as Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 2 has arrived - and it's just as dramatic as we thought it would be."It's Johnny ******* Cage. Mortal Kombat II – coming soon only in theaters," the official Mortal Kombat 2 Twitter posted alongside a poster for a fake movie about Johnny Cage starring Karl Urban as the iconic video game character. "Uncaged Fury," the poster reads. "From the studio that brought you Rebel Without a Cage." You can check out the poster below.
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• The director of Monster Hunter Wilds was sneaking around the beta: "There are players out there who'd have no idea to this day that they were actually playing with the director"

  11-02-2025 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  You better be on your best behavior when playing the second Monster Hunter Wilds beta this weekend, as you may just find yourself in the company of the game's director.Speaking to GamesRadar+ about how much the devs watch or play the beta, Monster Hunter Wilds director Yuya Tokuda says, "A lot," actually. Tokuda shares that the Wilds team spends a lot of time reviewing people's beta streams and videos to "see feedback that we can't really get internally" – something the chief designer of t
  
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• Brian Michael Bendis, Jody Houser, Greg Pak, and a huge list of other comics creators unite for new LA Strong charity anthology

  11-02-2025 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  The recent Los Angeles wildfires have had a huge impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the city and surrounding area. Now, Mad Cave Studios has announced a charity anthology featuring new work by some of the biggest names in comics in order to raise money for relief efforts and to help creators impacted by the disaster. LA Strong: A Charity Comic for Victims of the Los Angeles Fires is edited by Mad Cave Studios EVP Mike Marts and editor Sarah Brunstad, and includes new
  
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• As League of Legends fans reel over loot controversy, fans of ex-Riot devs' hot new MOBA seize the chance to promote their game instead

  11-02-2025 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  After the controversial decision to stop rewarding you with Hextech chests so you can unlock free League of Legends skins, fans of Supervive, a game made by ex-Riot devs, are telling people to play it instead.Andrei "Meddler" van Roon and Paul "Pabro" Bellezza explain why the choice was made in a dev update, but it still hasn't gone over well with fans.Meddler says Hexchests, which were part of a system that rewarded good plays and nice behavior with components you could use to unlock skins, wer
  
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• Elden Ring Nightreign beta codes are finally being sent out, but many PS5 and Xbox Series X players are reporting the same issue – they've seemingly got access to the wrong platform

  11-02-2025 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's some good news and bad news for prospective Elden Ring Nightreign players today, as lucky beta players are finally starting to get their download codes, but apparently, not everyone has been sent the right one.Elden Ring Nightreign – FromSoftware's shiny new co-op spin-off to the brutal action RPG behemoth we all know and love – is set to launch later this year, but it's getting a network test later this week that'll give players the chance to check it out early. PS5 and Xbox
  
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• The mystery of the Thunderbolts asterisk might have been solved by a new poster

  11-02-2025 17:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the biggest mysteries surrounding Thunderbolts* might have been solved this week. For months, fans have been wondering why there is an asterisk in the title of the MCU film — is it not the definitive name of the group? Is it just a joke that matches the tone of the film?Timed to the latest trailer drop during the 2025 Super Bowl, Marvel Japan shared a new Thunderbolts* poster on social media, and fans think it finally offers a clue about the much-discussed asterisk.In the poster, we
  
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• When is Captain America: Brave New World on streaming? Speculation on the potential Disney Plus release date

  11-02-2025 17:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel is swooping back onto the big screen with Captain America: Brave New World, and if you can't wait for the movie, you might be wondering when you'll be able to revisit it from the comfort of your own home on streaming.Since Captain America 4 is an MCU movie, it will eventually find its streaming home on Disney Plus. So, when will it be available to stream? While there's no solid answer to that question just yet, we do have a pretty good idea of when the Marvel Phase 5 movie will be landing
  
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• Elden Ring saxophone speedrunner thanks Monster Hunter Wilds devs for "creating doot-based gameplay" as he uses his jazzy controller to power the action RPG's giant sax weapon

  11-02-2025 17:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of Elden Ring's greatest heroes, Dr. Doot, is back, but this time he's taking his fabled jazzy controller to pastures new as he dives into Monster Hunter Wilds, using the in-game saxophone weapon controlled with his own real saxophone.Dr. Doot has provided the internet with some of the most entertaining Elden Ring content around, including a hitless run of the game using only an electric saxophone and a boss speedrun that even saw Malenia fall to the power of jazz in less than a minute. As f
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor hits out at RPG devs trying to recruit them for their Disco Elysium successors: "Miss me with that casting call"

  11-02-2025 17:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM split up, several spiritual successors have popped up to carry the torch, but Baldur's Gate 3's Karlach actor has some choice words for people who try to hire them in a project without the original creator's involvement.Samantha Béart, who shot to fame as in their role as Karlach in 2023, tweeted "To the next studio that tries this: if your 'spiritual successor' to Disco Elysium does not involve creator Robert Kurvitz, then save both of us some time and mi
  
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• Yes, South of Midnight will still run at 60fps despite its stop motion animation: "you're still in this crafted world without making it, you know, too nauseating"

  11-02-2025 17:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  South of Midnight's beautifully rendered digital-handmade world might look like a stop-motion movie, but developer Compulsion Games tells us that the "the gameplay itself is actually at 60fps."While a stop-motion effect is enabled by default in the upcoming Xbox Series X game, Compulsion knows this element might not be for everyone. "It's a normal framerate," says art director Whitney Clayton of South of Midnight's solid 60 frames-per-second action, with individual character models and environme
  
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• South of Midnight is "10 to 12 hours" long because its story unfolds within a single day: "There's a kind of urgency to it"

  11-02-2025 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games has revealed the action-adventure game's runtime, with the story taking place in the span of a single day."It's 10 to 12 hours," gameplay director Jasmin Roy tells GamesRadar+ of the average time it will take to beat South of Midnight's 14 chapters. "That was kind of the target, I think, [though] maybe a bit bigger than we thought, but it is pretty much in the ballpark of what we thought at the beginning. We don't like to necessarily put numbers on it
  
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• The Gorge star Sigourney Weaver explains why her new sci-fi horror movie is the perfect date night watch: "I think it is such a kick-ass Valentine's Day movie"

  11-02-2025 17:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you haven't found the perfect film to watch this Valentine’s Day yet, then look no further than Apple TV Plus’s new genre-bending horror movie as star Sigourney Weaver and director Scott Derrickson explain why it's the perfect date night movie."I think it is such a kick-ass Valentine's Day movie," says Weaver to GamesRadar+. "It's a great date movie because it's terrifying and you're going to be sitting in each other's arms from, you know, the first half hour. And it's also one of
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again showrunner fought with Marvel over bringing back Karen and Foggy after the original version excluded them: "I was willing to lose a job over this one"

  11-02-2025 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Matt Murdock's best friends and law associates, Foggy Nelson and Karen Page, were almost left out of the upcoming MCU show Daredevil: Born Again. However, showrunner Dario Scardapane was "willing to lose a job over this one", as he fought to keep the characters in the new show."That was actually one of the first things I said to the bosses. You can't do this show without Karen and Foggy. They're Matt's family. They're the heart of his world. You can't take them out without explaining why, and if
  
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• A Nordic murder mystery is topping Netflix's streaming list, but you've probably never heard of it

  11-02-2025 16:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Nordic murder mystery is currently at the top of Netflix's TV chart – though you've probably never even heard of it.According to Flix Patrol, The Åre Murders is Netflix's most-watched show worldwide today (February 11). The show is set in Sweden and follows two detectives investigating the murder of a teenage girl, and it's based on the novels of the same name by Viveca Sten. Carla Sehn and Kardo Razzazi star, and Joakim Eliasson and Alain Darborg direct.The series seems to be flyi
  
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• Subnautica 2 devs warn players about "fraudulent links" to a playtest for its upcoming underwater survival game: "Stay safe out there, Subnauts!"

  11-02-2025 16:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds has warned eager players to be wary of "fraudulent links" to a playtest for its upcoming survival adventure game, which have reportedly been sent out to fans on Steam.Word about the next Subnautica first surfaced back in 2023, and with the highly anticipated sequel set to release in early access at some point this year, hype is building. With that in mind, you can understand why some particularly excited underwater explorers might not hesitate if they were s
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has several secret skill buffs that can be unlocked with pure dedication to role-play, so you'd better hold onto that blacksmith's apron

  11-02-2025 16:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a deep and deliberate RPG, and one redditor has found some hidden mechanics that can make role-playing even more immersive.It turns out, if you dress Henry appropriately, he'll be more competent at specific tasks. If you choose to get a job with the blacksmith, Henry is given a room to stay in that comes with a blacksmith apron and some leather gloves. Pop them on and you'll get an extra five points to your craftsmanship skill.This was spotted by a redditor who not
  
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• "40+ minute" February PlayStation State of Play confirmed with "news and updates on great games coming to PS5"

  11-02-2025 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The rumored PlayStation State of Play is officially on for Wednesday - that's tomorrow as I'm writing this - promising over 40 minutes worth of updates on upcoming PS5 games."State of Play is back tomorrow, February 12," Sony says in its official announcement. "Tune in live for news and updates on great games coming to PS5. The show celebrates a creative and unique selection of exciting games from studios around the world."This will be a "40+ minute show" that begins February 12 at 2pm PT / 5pm
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds feels more like a traditional RPG, but the director says that just sort of happened: "It was a natural outcome of our other decisions that hopefully makes sense"

  11-02-2025 16:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Monster Hunter Wilds feels more like a traditional RPG than other entries in the beloved series. But, director Yuya Tokuda says that came about naturally and eventually over the development cycle – rather than as a design decision made from the start.Having gone hands-on with Monster Hunter Wilds previously, we noticed more of a traditional kind of RPG experience compared to previous games regarding the kind of front-facing story and structured chapters you get. Given the chance to speak t
  
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• Sinister director says his new horror film The Gorge is partly inspired by Silent Hill and Until Dawn: "I love those games"

  11-02-2025 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  When you sit down to watch Apple TV Plus's new horror movie The Gorge this Valentine’s Day, you may find that it feels a lot like a video game adaptation. That’s because director Scott Derrickson says his new genre-bending movie is partly inspired by some of the most exciting video games."I love those games, and I do think that gaming has sort of set the bar for gunplay action, especially if you're really with a single character or two characters, you kind of can't beat it," says Der
  
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• Eisner-winning writer Andrew Wheeler’s new YA graphic novel Hey, Mary! is a sweet LGBTQ+ themed tale of self acceptance

  11-02-2025 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Eisner Award-winning writer Andrew Wheeler returns in April with a new Young Adult graphic novel illustrated by Rye Hickman. Hey, Mary! tells an LGBTQ+ story of self-acceptance and the sometimes tricky collision of religion and sexuality.Hey, Mary! centers on young Catholic boy Mark who, when he realizes that he has a crush on another boy in school, struggles to reconcile his feelings with his religious upbringing. Mark turns to his priest and a local drag performer, as well as several unexpecte
  
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• Upcoming The Sims competitor InZOI will feature ghostly Zoi that hang around after death to fix their karma

  11-02-2025 13:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The game director of InZOI, the upcoming competitor to The Sims, has revealed what happens to your Zois after they die. Spoiler alert: some of them may stick around.If you're someone who likes to let your Sims live out a natural life, dying due to old age or an unfortunate accident, congratulations, you're a monster and we can't be friends. I get far too attached to my creations and turn their aging off entirely, but for those of you who prefer to let nature take its course, there is some life a
  
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• Helldivers 2's Fallout-grade Ultimatum mini nuke has been nerfed, but maintains its "core identity as a powerhouse" because the devs are "huge fans of big booms booming big"

  11-02-2025 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2's new Fallout-grade secondary weapon, which lets you stroll around delivering managed democracy with 4,500-damage explosions, has slightly unsurprisingly been hit with a nerf in the third-person shooter's latest patch, making it slightly less easy to vaporize anything in your path.I say "slightly" because Arrowhead hasn't actually altered the power of the GP-31 Ultimatum at all. The explosive-launching delete button was only just added to the game in Helldivers 2's Servants of Freed
  
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• Ke Huy Quan "cried" during filming Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, but Harrison Ford was there to pick him back up: "It just made me love him so much more"

  11-02-2025 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ke Huy Quan has recalled the tears that he shed while filming Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – and how Harrison Ford helped comfort the then-child actor.Quan, who played Short Round in the Temple of Doom, revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he burst into tears before filming the film's iconic minecart sequence."When we shot this sequence, I was so scared," Quan said. "And I cried. I remember Harrison Ford kneeling down in front of me and asking me if I was okay.""He said, and I'll
  
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• Dave Bautista is starring in a dystopian alien invasion thriller from the John Wick team

  11-02-2025 13:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dave Bautista is set to star in a dystopian sci-fi thriller from the producers of John Wick, per a new report from Deadline.The movie, titled Dreadnought, is directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott, with a script from Joseph Greenberg.Bautista will play a man named Max, who, according to the official synopsis, lost his wife in a devastating plague caused by aliens crash-landing on Earth. In the aftermath of the plague, the survivors coexist with the alien invaders. Max's daughter Greta, tho
  
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• DC fans are saying the latest look at David Corenswet's Superman flying is what the controversial trailer should have looked like

  11-02-2025 12:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new look at David Corenswet’s Superman taking flight has hit the internet, and DC fans are saying that it looks better than how we saw the hero fly in recent footage.The new look comes from a merchandise box for a Krypto action figure. A picture of the hero is shown at the corner of the box, where Corenswet’s Superman is seen flying upwards with his fist pointed out. Check out the image below.
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• Tom Cruise risked suffocation in the most "challenging" and "terrifying" Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning stunt

  11-02-2025 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Cruise is no stranger to difficult stunts, as he's proven time and again in the Mission: Impossible franchise, but he might have faced his biggest challenge to date in the upcoming movie Mission: Impossible –The Final Reckoning.The follow-up to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning sees Cruise's Ethan Hunt diving into the wreckage of the Sevastopol submarine. Something goes wrong during the mission, putting the hero in an impossible, life-threatening situation.This subaquatic sequ
  
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• Working on Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was "one of the most amazing and unusual acting challenges" for its lead character

  11-02-2025 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Video game acting is unlike any other kind, as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 actors Tom McKay and Luke Dale explain.McKay plays the role of protagonist Henry, and in an interview with the BBC he says working on the Kingdom Come games was "one of the most amazing and unusual acting challenges."Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a sprawling RPG with many choices available to you. It's believed to have the biggest video game script ever, meaning McKay was in the sound booth for "over 500 hours.""You woul
  
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• Mere hours after enraging Marvel Rivals players with the announcement of a mid-season rank reset, NetEase Games quickly u-turns: "Players will retain their ranks and scores"

  11-02-2025 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  After enormous community backlash, Marvel Rivals dev NetEase Games has announced a total u-turn on the decision to implement a mid-season rank reset, just hours after it was initially announced.Yesterday, NetEase Games broke the news to Marvel Rivals players that come the second half of Season 1 on February 21, everyone's ranks would drop by four divisions. "For example, if you ended the first half of Season 1 at Diamond 1, you'll start the second half at Platinum 2," a dev diary explained at th
  
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• Avengers: Doomsday gets a reported filming window, and it's very, very soon

  11-02-2025 11:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Doomsday has a reported filming window – and it's set to go into production very, very soon.According to a new report from TheWrap, the fifth Avengers movie will begin shooting this March in the UK. That's just a few weeks away, and just over a year from the movie's May 1, 2026 release date.At the moment, it's unclear who will be appearing in Doomsday. All we know for sure is that Robert Downey Jr. will be returning, though as Doctor Doom rather than Iron Man. Chris Evans has sho
  
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• Fallout season 2 is even better than the "extraordinary" season 1 says Walton Goggins: "It’s really gonna be something"

  11-02-2025 11:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout season 2 is currently filming, and The Ghoul star Walton Goggins has given us the best possible tease. The actor revealed the high quality of the second season in an interview at The White Lotus season 3 premiere."We’re in the middle of filming it right now, we’ve been at it since November, and I can tell you that I thought season 1 was extraordinary, personally, I was very pleased with it," he told Deadline. "This blows it out of the water, what these writers have done and t
  
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• Andy Serkis knows the story of The Batman 2 and he's "hungry" for the movie

  11-02-2025 11:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Andy Serkis is reprising his role as Bruce Wayne's loyal butler Alfred Pennyworth for The Batman 2, and he says he's as "hungry" for it as fans are. The movie was recently delayed to 2027, with filming set to start at some point this year."I am as hungry for it as you all are," Serkis said during a public appearance at Orlando's fan convention MegaCon last Sunday (via Youtube channel Love Our Life)."He [Matt Reeves] told me the story of The Batman 2, and I was so excited for it", the actor told
  
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• When does The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep take place on The Witcher timeline?

  11-02-2025 09:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep tells a new story for Geralt of Rivia as the monster hunter is drawn into a centuries-long conflict between humans and merpeople. The Netflix anime film is the second to be released by the streaming platform, after The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf landed back in 2021. However, this one is more closely connected to the story of the main live-action show, taking place at a very specific point for the White Wolf.In the new movie, there are several references to the
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows director on splitting time between the two heroes: "The core of the game can be pick your character and the game adapts"

  11-02-2025 01:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's widely known by this point that Assassin's Creed Shadows has two protagonists, but apparently if you choose to primarily play one over the other, you won't be missing out on a bunch of content.In an interview with ScreenRant, Assassin's Creed Shadows director Jonathan Dumont explained how he personally chooses to spend his time between the two protagonists. They both have their own unique strengths and weaknesses, with Yasuke is big, powerful, and brutish, while Naoe is light, nimble, and q
  
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• For the first time in 28 years, this ancient MMO is adding a new class

  11-02-2025 01:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tibia, one of the oldest and longest running MMORPGs around, is getting its first new class since launch way back in 1997.For the uninitiated, Tibia is an MMO from German developer and publisher CipSoft released in 1997, years before genre titans Everquest and RuneScape were more than twinkles in their publishers' eyes. It even beats out Ultima Online, if only by a few months. Point is, it's not quite the oldest MMO ever made, but it's one of the oldest and certainly longest running ever.To real
  
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• Vision and Scarlet Witch are getting their first title together since 1985 to celebrate 50 years of marriage

  11-02-2025 00:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Scarlet Witch and Vision got married in comics 50 years ago in 1975's Giant-Size Avengers #4, and now Marvel is celebrating their golden anniversary by bringing them back together in their first shared title in 40 years, since 1985's The Vision and the Scarlet Witch.Writer Steve Orlando, who has been guiding Wanda Maximoff's adventures through multiple solo titles and a team-up title with Quicksilver, will be the one to bring her back together with Vision alongside artists Lorenzo Tammetta and J
  
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