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• No, Marvel Rivals developer NetEase isn't intentionally planting fake leaks to mess with everyone, but its datamined characters aren't guaranteed to appear in the future, either

  17-02-2025 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Is Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games really going out of its way to plant fake character leaks in its own code to catch out dataminers? Believe it or not, the answer is no,as its executive producer understandably says "we would rather spend our time developing the actual game."After its launch last year, dataminers were quick to dive into the hero shooter's code to see if there were any clues in there that could point towards the inclusion of upcoming Marvel Rivals characters. While some fin
  
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• In a world of live-service chasing, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 proves people still love single-player games as it sells 2 million units in under 2 weeks

  17-02-2025 22:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  New RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has sold two million copies in under two weeks, a staggering launch for a premium single-player game.The news was shared in a tweet on the official Warhorse Studios Twitter account, alongside "a toast to you all for making KCD2 a triumph!" The game sold one million copies in its first day on sale and earned a huge Metacritic score, so this milestone was expected. Still, it's impressive it's achieved it so quickly.What might have helped the sales of Kingdom Com
  
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• The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann doesn't have the "confidence" to plan for sequels: "I'm not saving some idea for the future"

  17-02-2025 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Naughty Dog president and The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann says he "never" thinks about sequels for games he's in the middle of working on because he doesn't have that "level of confidence."As reported by IGN, Druckmann and Sony Santa Monica's Cory Barlog were both speaking at the D.I.C.E. Summit last week when the question of how their respective teams approach developing characters over multiple games came up. For Druckmann, this clearly isn't something he plans ahead for, because he "ne
  
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• Final Fantasy creator says the original JRPG's programmer was "like a god" to him: "I still strongly feel that the core program itself is the ‘life’ of a game"

  17-02-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi says one legendary programmer behind the first three JRPGs "was like a god" to him.While Sakaguchi is most synonymous with the beloved series, programmer Nasir Gebelli's own reputation has aged like fine wine. Your favorite programmer's favorite programmer, Gebelli was behind several early PC games that proved legendary at the time, so much so that Doom guy John Romero called him "my number one programming god, my idol."His subsequent work on the first th
  
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• GTA 5 is "the standard-bearer for the industry over three generations," but GTA 6 publisher's CEO isn't taking that for granted: "We don't claim success until it occurs"

  17-02-2025 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a new interview on CNBC, the CEO of Grand Theft Auto 6 publisher Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, explains how much anticipation there is for the upcoming game and why it's taken so long."What Rockstar Games puts into all of their titles is a desire for creative perfection, which is why it takes a long time, and why it's complex, and of course nervous-making," Zelnick says.It's been almost 12 years since GTA 5 launched, and we've all joked about how much has come out before we've gotten GTA 6, but
  
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• As Harrison Ford makes his MCU debut in Captain America: Brave New World, Marvel fans are discussing the franchise's best recasts

  17-02-2025 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Captain America: Brave New World sees Harrison Ford replace the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross, the newly elected President of the United States. Now, Marvel fans are discussing other MCU recasts on Reddit, including Mark Ruffalo replacing Edward Norton as Bruce Banner and Don Cheadle taking over from Terrance Howard as James "Rhodey" Rhodes."First two are really not so much better but just different kinds of performances," wrote one user. "Terrance Howard for Don Cheadle however is just a p
  
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• The first look at Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey shows Matt Damon ready for battle

  17-02-2025 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first look at Christopher Nolan's next film, The Odyssey, is here.In the picture, which you can see above, Matt Damon is seen in costume as Odysseus. He's wearing a cape, gauntlets, and an impressive plumed helmet, looking over one shoulder. Basically, he looks ready for battle – or to be lost at sea for years and years, anyway.This is Nolan's first film since Oppenheimer, which won multiple Oscars, including Best Picture, last year.The star-studded cast also features Tom Holland, Anne
  
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• 20 years later, Black Hawk Down star Josh Hartnett says new action movie Fight or Flight brings him back to his stunt-sequence heyday

  17-02-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Featuring everything from a drug-fuelled bathroom fight to a chainsaw bloodbath, the stunts in new action movie Fight or Flight are exceptionally brutal. For star Josh Hartnett, though, this was a major selling point for joining the high octane plane thriller."I was able to do my own stunts for it, which I haven't been able to do since I was in my 20s," the actor who plays lead mercenary Lucas Reyes tells GamesRadar+. "And it's a lot different when you're in your 40s, but I thought that would be
  
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• 17 years after creating one of TV's most famous anti-heroes, Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan wants more good guys

  17-02-2025 16:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Vince Gilligan might have created one of TVs most famous anti-heroes – and eventual villains – in Walter White, but he's looking for more good guys going forward.Breaking Bad debuted back in 2008 and follows high school chemistry teacher Walt as he begins manufacturing meth to pay his medical bills after a cancer diagnosis, and he descends more and more into villainy as the show goes on."Walter White is one of the all time great bad guys," Gilligan said while accepting the Writers Gu
  
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• How to Train Your Dragon director's "test screening" comments about the animated movie have proved controversial with fans

  17-02-2025 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  How to Train Your Dragon director Dean DeBlois has revealed that he used the 2010 animated movie as a "test screening" for the new live-action remake in order to improve on its mistakes."That first movie was made in a rush, and I’m super proud of it, but there are things that we could have done even better. My attitude was, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater," DeBlois, who co-directed the animated version and is back at the helm for the new remake, told The Wrap, adding
  
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• We're "closer than ever" to getting Constantine 2, and Keanu Reeves is "super excited" about it

  17-02-2025 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've been waiting 20 years for Constantine 2, but the much-anticipated DC sequel just got a very positive update.The original movie released in 2005 and starred Keanu Reeves as the titular exorcist, with the supporting cast including Rachel Weisz, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, Shia LaBeouf, and Djimon Hounsou."I will say we are closer than ever to being able to do a sequel, which is a great thing," director Francis Lawrence told Collider. "And Akiva [Goldsman, producer], Keanu and I are super,
  
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• Cobra Kai creator shares touching behind the scenes look at Ralph Macchio's final day on set: "Goodbye for now"

  17-02-2025 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Grab your tissues Cobra Kai fans, things are about to get a whole lot more upsetting as series creator Jon Hurwitz has shared the most heart-wrenching behind-the-scenes photo and farewell to star Ralph Macchio.Hurwitz posted the image on Twitter which shows Macchio and his in-show wife Courtney Henggeler embracing after shooting their last scene for the series. "Goodbye for now, Mr. & Mrs. LaRusso. This was the moment after Ralph & Courtney finished filming their final scene," said Hurwi
  
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• GTA 3 originally gave players a wanted level for running a red light, but "This was not popular with the team," so a developer "quickly removed it"

  17-02-2025 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Have you ever thought about the traffic lights in GTA 3? Me neither, but former Rockstar developer Obbe Vermeij shares some interesting tidbits about developing them.We've all had our fun trying to drive properly in GTA instead of mowing down pedestrians, but did you ever notice that the NPCs will wait at intersections even if the light poles have been knocked over?"In GTA 3, traffic lights cycle through 3 states: North/South, East/West, Pedestrians," Vermeij writes. "The traffic light's model o
  
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• The years-long GTA 6 debate over what happens to GTA Online has been addressed by Take-Two's CEO: "We've shown a willingness to support legacy titles when a community wants to be engaged with them"

  17-02-2025 13:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Recently asked why GTA Online fans might continue to invest time and money when a potential successor could replace it with GTA 6 later this year, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick, without being drawn into specifics over unannounced games, teases the publisher has "shown a willingness to support legacy titles when a community wants to be engaged with them.”What to do with live-service experiences that launch alongside periodical releases is a recent-ish design conundrum for games developers.
  
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• After almost 2 years of attempts, Dark Souls legend completes his brutal 7-game "God Run 3": Demon's Souls to Elden Ring without taking a single hit, all at level 1

  17-02-2025 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  After almost two years of arduous attempts, one dedicated Dark Souls streamer has finally beaten arguably the hardest possible Soulsborne challenge anyone could dream of – a seven-game, back-to-back no-hit run at level 1.We all know how hard the Dark Souls trilogy, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Demon's Souls are, but this challenge – the fabled level 1 God Run 3 – demands the total mastery of all seven games. To complete it, brave challengers must play all seven games wit
  
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• Nearly 70 years after its creation, I can finally buy the wargame designed by my favorite anti-war novelist

  17-02-2025 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  It turns out even one of history's greatest satirists wasn't immune to needing to pursue a side hustle. In 1956, as he worked on what would become Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut also pursued another creative means to make ends meet: namely, designing a board game. But there's a reason you don't see the novelist gracing our best board games list today.For a year, Vonnegut drafted and pitched his idea for a wargame. However, it ultimately failed to get picked up by publishers. It wasn't until 2013 &n
  
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• Dune 3 will reportedly start filming this summer, a year earlier than expected

  17-02-2025 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dune 3 will start filming this June and not in 2026 as previously reported, according to Deadline.Last October, director Denis Villeneuve tentatively said production would start next year, but we know now that it'll be his next project. "I was expecting to do something else before, but frankly, that's the inspiration that came to my mind as I took a break this summer and was going back and finishing the story," he said earlier this month."I was really moved by the way Part Two was received by ci
  
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• Three seconds of fresh Harvey Specter footage is enough to get us hyped for his upcoming appearance in "multiple episodes" of the new Suits spin-off

  17-02-2025 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first look at Harvey Specter's upcoming appearance in Suits LA has arrived – and you're goddamn right we're excited.A new NBC promo, which you can see above, teased the spin-off. At the end, however, a phone rings. The man on the other end? None other than Gabriel Macht's besuited lawyer, who appeared in nine seasons of Suits.
  First look at the return of Harvey Specter in the new ‘SUITS’ series.He will appear in a 3-episode arc. pic.twitter.com/U7jRRh2JKjFebruary 17, 2025
  
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• Retro Gamer celebrates Capcom’s greatest fighting games

  17-02-2025 12:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Issue 269 of Retro Gamer sees the magazine celebrating the many great achievements by Capcom within the one-on-one fighting genre. From Street Fighter II: The World Warrior to the excellent X-Men Vs Streetfighter, no key game is missed out as awards are given out for the Best Home Port, Perfect Presentation, Unlikeliest Crossover and many others. Members of the fighting community also weigh in to explain what makes Capcom’s fighting games so popular.Other highlights of issue 269 include a
  
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• Invincible creator says they're working at a "breakneck pace" to release new seasons every year: "That is the goal"

  17-02-2025 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Invincible season 3 is now streaming on Prime Video, with new episodes dropping every Thursday, but we are already thinking ahead as work on season 4 has already started. When can we expect Prime Video's popular superhero show to return after the new batch of episodes?According to creator Robert Kirkman, Invincible is aiming for an annual release, with a new season arriving every year."I think that the release schedule that we're in is much more what we can expect going forward, as opposed to th
  
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• Despite one of the MCU's lowest Rotten Tomatoes scores, Captain America: Brave New World has a massive opening weekend, already making back its reported production budget

  17-02-2025 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Captain America: Brave New World might have debuted to one of the MCU's lowest ever Rotten Tomatoes scores, but the Marvel Phase 5 movie is soaring at the box office.The film sees Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson step up as the new Cap, accompanied by Danny Ramirez's Joaquin Torres as the new Falcon.Per The Hollywood Reporter, the movie made $192.4 million globally over the Valentine's and President's Day long weekend, with $100 million domestically and $92.4 million internationally.Brave New World's
  
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• 6 years after Rare's survival game was announced, Xbox boss Phil Spencer says the long wait is because "we've been able to give those teams time in what they're doing"

  17-02-2025 12:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  After years of silence, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has finally given us an update on Everwild, the upcoming game from Sea of Thieves developer Rare.Everwild is a game where you'll be able to befriend animals and interact with the world through them. At least, that's what it was about when it was announced back in 2019. The studio describes it as "an experience that allows for new ways to play in a natural and magical world." But we've not had any official update on the game in years. It was reported
  
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• Microsoft veteran and former Blizzard president knows "loyal Xbox gamers are mad" about exclusives launching on PS5 and Nintendo Switch but "that isn't going to change anything"

  17-02-2025 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  19-year Microsoft veteran and former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra understands that "loyal Xbox gamers are mad" regarding the company's increasing willingness to send its games across the divide, but says it's time to "embrace and move on."Over the past year, we've seen a shift in Microsoft's strategy regarding Xbox exclusives, which has resulted in games like Hi-Fi Rush and others coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch. You've also got games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle that launched on
  
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• As Avowed joins Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity in Obsidian's portfolio of great RPGs, the studio aims to outlive us all by making it to its 100th birthday in 2103

  17-02-2025 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avowed isn't even fully out yet, but developer Obsidian Entertainment has already set out its plans for the next near eight decades with the hopes of making it to its 100th birthday.Obsidian isn't exactly a young studio – it'll be 22 years old in June. However, according to its vice president of operations, Marcus Morgan, and vice president of development, Justin Britch, who spoke at last week's D.I.C.E. Summit (thanks, PC Gamer), the plan is for it to just about quintuple this and keep on
  
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• One of Captain America: Brave New World's most hidden Easter eggs is an Incredible Hulk callback that you almost certainly won't catch on your first viewing

  17-02-2025 11:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel has trained us to look high and low for Easter eggs in its new releases, but it's unlikely you caught this incredible reference to 2008's The Incredible Hulk and Tim Blake Nelson's The Leader hiding throughout Captain America: Brave New World.Spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World follow.Throughout Sam Wilson's adventure, multiple assets are compromised by a potent combination of The Leader's brainwashing light show and a song, 'Mr. Blue' by The Fleetwoods.As spotted by The Direct,
  
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• A Fantastic Four-themed IMAX countdown is getting Marvel fans excited for the upcoming MCU movie

  17-02-2025 11:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following the release of the first Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer earlier this month, theaters are now getting ready for the upcoming MCU movie with some exciting promotional material that you might be able to catch before your screening of Captain America: Brave New World.Fans are sharing on social media a new Fantastic Four-themed countdown in IMAX, which pays homage to the 1960s-style of the movie. At the end, it features the F4 logo, along with the film's official title and release date
  
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• Trap star Josh Hartnett's wild new thriller Fight or Flight is designed to be "be an anti John Wick", but with the same killer action

  17-02-2025 11:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Josh Hartnett plays a mercenary on a mission in new action movie Fight or Flight, which looks like Bullet Train on a plane. His character, Lucas Reyes, is brought back into the line of duty after living on the run for several years as he's tasked with finding a mysterious criminal on a flight full of assassins.Speaking to GamesRadar+, Hartnett says the movie has been a long time coming, but he was sold as soon as he read the script. "When we first started talking about the script it was 2021, an
  
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