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• Professor Xavier goes into cardiac arrest as X-Manhunt kicks off in Uncanny X-Men #11

  27-02-2025 23:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  X-Manhunt is a new event that will run through numerous titles in the current X-Men line starting with Uncanny X-Men #11, and we've got an early preview of interior pages from the story's kickoff.In X-Manhunt, Charles Xavier will escape from the notorious Graymalkin Prison, sparking a search for the fugitive Professor X that will rope in all three main X-Men teams, starting with Uncanny X-Men #11 by writer Gail Simone, artist Javier Garrón, color artist Matthew Wilson, and letterer Clayto
  
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• The hottest city builder in Steam Next Fest is actually a roguelike deck builder in disguise: "Break the game with thousands of insane builds"

  27-02-2025 22:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  This Steam Next Fest has yielded a bumper crop of kingdom-style city builders. The King is Watching caught my eye initially, and now 9 Kings has emerged as the top-ranking city builder of the event. The thing is, 9 Kings is as much a roguelike deckbuilder as it is a kingdom builder, as developer Sad Socket explains.The demo for 9 Kings has seemingly been around for a bit, but the updated one is featured in Next Fest and most of its "very positive" reviews were posted recently. The game is billed
  
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• Metroid Dread dev channels that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow energy in a new action game with "almost infinite" ways to build your own weapon

  27-02-2025 22:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developer MercurySteam is probably best known for its modernized takes on both halves of the word Metroidvania, from Castlevania: Lords of Shadow to Metroid Dread and Samus Returns. Today, the studio has unveiled its new project Blades of Fire, an original action game that seems to channel a fair bit of that dark fantasy Lords of Shadow energy.Blades of Fire was just unveiled today ahead of a May 22, 2025 release date, which is something of a refreshingly brief marketing cycle. You play as Aran
  
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• The most popular open-world survival game in Steam Next Fest is coming straight for my JRPG-born obsession with floating islands

  27-02-2025 22:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over a year after it smashed its Kickstarter goal 10 times over, open-world survival crafting game Solarpunk has released a demo as part of Steam Next Fest. It's quickly become the most-played survival game of the whole event, with "1-2+ hours of gameplay" available ahead of the game's proper launch, scheduled for later this year according to its Steam page.Solarpunk was pitched as a familiar survival game core largely enlivened by its setting: a fractured world of floating islands. You'll decor
  
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• New Minecraft Movie trailer sees Jack Black and Jason Momoa race to save a colorful and cubic zombie-filled world - but not without a visit from Jennifer Coolidge

  27-02-2025 21:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just over one month before the movie is due to hit screens, another trailer for A Minecraft Movie has landed and it looks…The trailer opens with a trio of impossibly cute cubic pandas before Steve (Jack Black), Natalie (Emma Meyer), Garrett (Jason Momoa), and Henry (Sebastian Eugene Hansen) crash into a pool of water that Steve crafted himself.Steve explains to the gang that everything was perfect in the Overworld until they came upon the Nether - a place with no joy or creativity at all
  
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• Someone combined Diablo and League of Legends for a roguelike co-op MOBA with Risk of Rain energy, and it deserves the hype it's getting in Steam Next Fest

  27-02-2025 21:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've played a lot of games this Steam Next Fest and covered quite a few that have real potential, but Shape of Dreams, an upcoming action roguelike from Lies of P publisher Neowiz and delightfully named dev Lizard Smoothie, has grabbed me faster and harder than anything else.This is an isometric game promising "a fusion of MOBA-style controls and systems with action roguelike gameplay," and its demo is a whip-smart combination of so many things I love that it's managed to overcome my instinctive
  
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• Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 adds Stranger Things star and Eddie Marsan to cast

  27-02-2025 21:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 has added two familiar faces to the cast - and we couldn't be more excited.Prime Video announced via press release today that Jamie Campbell Bower and Eddie Marsan have signed on for season 3. Per the release, Bower will star as a series regular, while Marsan will be a recurring guest.The casting news comes just after Prime Video announced that the series would return for a third season, adding that it would take place several years after the events
  
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• Sweet liberty, a Helldivers 2 update "is breaking the Galactic War" so now the whole thing is paused, but good news: "We are not going to revert any of the damage done by this"

  27-02-2025 20:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arrowhead has put a complete pause on Helldivers 2's Galactic War at the center of the main narrative of the game due to a backend error that bugged planet liberation rates in players' favor.A post from the official Helldivers Twitter account says a recent backend update led to an error that caused planet liberation rates to "skyrocket.""While we know this is fun, we also know that it is breaking the Galactic War mechanic itself," reads the post. "In short, this is harming the game experience an
  
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• You can 100% Assassin's Creed Shadows achievements as either one of the open-world RPG's playable characters, and on any difficulty too

  27-02-2025 20:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although Assassin's Creed Shadows has put a lot of focus on its distinct dual protagonists, it doesn't put a lot of pressure on you to play as both. Director Jonathan Dumont recently assured fans that you won't be missing out on a bunch of content if you choose to primarily play only one character, and now it's been confirmed that you won't be missing out on any achievements either.Ubisoft revealed the full list of Assassin's Creed Shadows achievements in a Steam blog and said a few words that m
  
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• PUBG creator's nails-hard survival game launches this summer for $20, and its new trailer shows all the ways it'll try and kill you

  27-02-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Prologue: Go Wayback! the new survival game from PUBG creator Brendan 'PlayerUnknown' Greene, will launch into early access this summer, at a $20 price tag.In a new trailer, which you can see below, developer PlayerUnknown Productions introduces you to the huge open world that Prologue will set you down in. From your starting point, you'll have to navigate (the old-fashioned way, using a real compass and map) to a weather station somewhere in the surrounding area. But as you do so, you'll have t
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Feb 28 - Mar 2)

  27-02-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Are you looking for the best new movies and TV shows to watch on streaming this weekend? We've got you covered. As we leave February behind and start a brand-new month, there are a few titles landing on the best streaming services that deserve your attention, from new episodes of your favorite TV shows to an exciting new Japanese action movie on Netflix.After exploring the newest releases on streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Max, and Apple TV Plus, we've compiled
  
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• This slick roguelike deckbuilder is shoulder-to-shoulder with Balatro and Slay the Spire on Steam top sellers, and its dev is feeling the pressure: "The definition of walking among giants"

  27-02-2025 19:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new dice-focused roguelike deckbuilder called Die in the Dungeon is making waves, quickly rocketing up the genre's top seller charts on Steam where it now sits among massive hits like Balatro and Slay the Spire."The definition of walking among giants," developer Atico says in a Bluesky post, with an image showing Die in the Dungeon sitting between Balatro and Slay the Spire on Steam's roguelike deckbuilder top sellers chart. "No pressure!" In the time since that post went live, Die in the Dung
  
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• This looter slasher mashes up Remnant 2 with shades of Final Fantasy 14 and lashings of special moves, all in an action-packed Steam Next Fest demo

  27-02-2025 19:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  No lost civilization is complete without deadly, mysterious, and logic-defying tombs; nor without a hoard of increasingly high level loot to nab as you make your way through it. Empyreal has all this and more. An action RPG with a Steam Next Fest demo I've been playing, it combines together elements from some of my favorite games to create something that manages to find its own fresh directions among them.Coming from developer Silent Games (and published by Secret Mode), Empyreal is an action RP
  
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• EA is "releasing the fully recovered source code" for 4 classic Command & Conquer titles, and it's the best thing a major publisher can do for game preservation

  27-02-2025 19:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Back in 2020, alongside the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection, EA released a portion of the source code for Red Alert and the original game. Now, five years later, that code has been "fully recovered" and made public alongside the source code for Renegade and Generals."Over the past year I have been working alongside the amazing C&C stakeholders here at EA to restore the Perforce source code archives for the C&C games back to buildable states, which now provides us with the abi
  
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• Cheese cravers, big hats, and loud talkers abound in this incredibly chill Steam Next Fest demo that has me hooked on… organizing seating?

  27-02-2025 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Okay, so these two kids want to sit next to each other, and also have a nap. But these other two want to have a loud chat. So they can't be near the kids or they'll wake up. But also I can't move the chatterboxes back there because that person skipped showering and one of those in the conversation really doesn't like bad smells. I could shift them across the aisle but, gah, then they'd be next to someone else who really wants to ride this bus alone while peering out the window. So it goes in Is
  
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• DC's new Peacemaker comic takes place in the universe of the show – and James Gunn was its story consultant

  27-02-2025 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  DC has revealed new art for its upcoming five-issue DC Black Label limited series based on the hit Peacemaker TV show, as well as confirming that James Gunn served as a story consultant for the new series.Peacemaker Presents: The Vigilante/Eagly Double Feature #1 is published in March and features two new stories featuring the morally-ambiguous (to say the least) antihero, his avian chum Eagly, and fellow "hero" Vigilante. The first story 'Peaceful Vacation' is written by Rex Ogle and illustrate
  
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• "EA gives you enough rope to hang yourself": BioWare co-founder says working for a big game company just ain't it, even if "it was actually a pretty successful run" for Mass Effect

  27-02-2025 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  A lot of artists dislike working for big companies, and BioWare's co-founder Greg Zeschuk explained why in a less-than-glowing assessment of EA."I like to comment that EA gives you enough rope to hang yourself," Zeschuk says in an interview with Eurogamer. "And what I mean by that is you have to learn to work within the structure."It might seem like the dream of an artist to have a huge company footing the bill, but that backing also comes with a lot of restrictions creatives need to deal with.
  
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• My dream Sonic game is finally real and it even has online multiplayer, except it's actually this "high-speed" 3D platformer with a glorious demo in Steam Next Fest

  27-02-2025 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sometimes I run the risk of being a 'person who has only played Sonic games', stereotypically pointing at almost any 3D platformer and saying 'that's Sonic'. But come on, Rollin' Rascal is definitely more than little inspired by 3D Sonic platformers. It's got high-speed running, enemy robots, homing attacks onto springs, grind rails, and a spin attack. But this is no re-skin. Rollin' Rascal is more like an alternative evolution. It's even one that'll sport online multiplayer in its full release.
  
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• The first look at Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler's Green Lantern TV series is here – and DC fans are losing it over Hal Jordan's ring

  27-02-2025 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Aaron Pierre's John Stewart and Kyle Chandler's Hal Jordan are on a mission in the first look at HBO's new DC TV series Lanterns.In the snap, which was shared by the network alongside DC Studios' co-CEO James Gunn, the intergalactic pair can be seen in regular clothes (no skintight supersuits here), walking down a road in Nebraska. The looks on their faces suggest they're involved in some serious business but with this being our only glimpse at the show so far, it's impossible to predict exactly
  
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• Minecraft, The Stanley Parable, and Gone Home devs team up for my favorite cozy Steam Next Fest game, which is naturally about an ex-warrior who hates the cozy life

  27-02-2025 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Farming sims, shop management games, and all around cozy vibes are no longer hard to come by these days. Wanderstop is another one of those games, for sure, but its killer lineup of developers had me suspicious that there was more to it than just wholesome tea-brewing - and, now, its Steam Next Fest demo has me convinced.Wanderstop is the work of Ivy Road, a new indie studio formed by Davey Wreden (Stanley Parable's co-developer, The Beginner Guide's creator), Karla Zimonja (known for Gone Home
  
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• Dune and Spider-Man star Zendaya is Shrek and Fiona’s daughter in the first meme-filled teaser for Shrek 5 and this is the happiest I’ve been since Shrek 2

  27-02-2025 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first teaser for Shrek 5 is here - and so is Zendaya.In the teaser, Donkey, Shrek, Fiona, and their daughter (!!!) stand around Mirror, who, ever the troll, shows the family a few Shrek memes - one of which is that weird TikTok one where Shrek is Godzilla-level height and wearing a latex suit for some reason. Pinnochio then admits to creating the memes - and the cast list informs us that that is absolutely Zendaya doing the voice of their daughter, whose name has not yet been revealed. You
  
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• TMNT rocks Steam Next Fest with the snappiest, slickest tactics RPG I've ever played

  27-02-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown proves that beyond being able to rock almost any tone and visual aesthetic, the turtles with attitude can lend themselves to almost any genre. TMNT: Shredder's Revenge is an all-timer beat 'em up. They're incredible as fighters in Injustice 2. They've even landed in Call of Duty more than once. But developer Strange Scaffold's strategic take on the turtles is already one of the best TMNT games as far as I'm concerned, after spending a couple of hou
  
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• A single frame in the new Pokemon Legends Z-A trailer gives hardcore shiny hunters and Nuzlocke runners hope for a huge quality-of-life change

  27-02-2025 17:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Today's Pokemon Presents has given us a lot of reasons to be excited about Pokemon Legends Z-A, but Nuzlockers and shiny hunters in particular will be happy about what appears to be a new battle change.It seems that wild Pokemon don't instantly faint when you drop their HP to zero. In the presentation, you can see a Chikorita knock a Flaaffy out with a Razor Leaf attack, and instead of dropping to the ground and disappearing, stars circle it's head Looney Tunes style. The trainer then chucks a P
  
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• Pokemon Legends Z-A brings a "series first": Real-time dodges and commands with action RPG energy that makes the whole thing feel way more like the anime

  27-02-2025 17:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've finally been given our first actual look at Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and a glimpse at its battle system shows we're in for quite a change compared to the standard main series fights we're used to.Footage shown off during today's Pokemon Presents stream shows both Pokemon and their trainers running around during battles, dodging and sending out attacks in real time. Moves now have different ranges and areas of effect, meaning you'll have to carefully issue orders to your 'mons to make sure the
  
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• Despite selling well initially, the PS5 Pro has since "fallen behind" the PS4 Pro in sales, says analyst

  27-02-2025 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the PS5 itself continued to stand the test of time as the best-selling console in January, veteran analyst and Circana games lead Mat Piscatella says Sony isn't managing to sell as many units of the PS5 Pro as it did the PS4's version.Upon launching this past November, the PlayStation 5 Pro sold quite well (along with its disc drive, which scalpers tried to upsell post-release). It seems that this initial success didn't last all that long, however, according to Piscatella's recent thread o
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds update coming "early April" will crank up the difficulty and add a new place to hang out with other players, addressing 2 big concerns

  27-02-2025 17:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of the long-awaited launch of Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom lifted the veil on the game's first free post-launch Title Update, confirming that it will address two of the biggest pain points from reviews while adding a few new monsters in "early April."We previously learned that Title Update 1 will add the fan-favorite monster Mizutsune (it's me, I'm fans). In a new content breakdown, Capcom adds that "TU1 will bring with it a monster of formidable strength at a level above Tempered." It's u
  
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• 20 years ago, Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom casting was actually foreshadowed in a niche Marvel show

  27-02-2025 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Iron Man and Doctor Doom are more linked than you might initially think. Robert Downey Jr. of course plays both characters in the MCU, after his casting was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2024. However, it seems they've been mistaken for each other in another adaptation too, 20 years ago.One Marvel fan noticed this on Reddit and shared a screenshot from the series Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes. Alongside it, they wrote: "This show was 20 years ahead of its time. They foreshadowed it
  
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• To celebrate Pokemon Day, Pokemon just dropped a new anime short from the studio behind Suzume – and it's adorable

  27-02-2025 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  A brand new Pokemon anime short has dropped just in time for Pokemon Day – and it's available to watch for free.Dragonite and the Postman is short and sweet, clocking in with a runtime of just over 14 minutes. Shared on the official Pokemon YouTube account, it follows Hana, a young girl who's fascinated by a Dragonite postman.One day, she finds a letter without an address and sets out to find the sender with her partner Pokémon, Fuecoco. The sender turns out to be a young boy named
  
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• Pokemon Legends Z-A confirms its starting trio, and it leans on the Gold/Silver lineup much more than I was expecting

  27-02-2025 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Pokemon Company has just spilled all the juicy details on Pokemon Legends Z-A, an open-world take on Pokemon X and Y's Lumiose City, and its trio of starters certainly lean on Generation 2 much more than I was expecting.Newbie trainers will be able to pick between the small Grass-type dino Chikorita, the plump Fire-type Tepig, and the adorable Water-type Totodile as starters, as seen in the game's new Pokemon Presents trailer.They definitely caught me off guard since Chikorita and Totodile c
  
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• A Steam Deck, but for your face? The latest rumors about Valve's new VR headset are pretty exciting

  27-02-2025 16:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been nearly six years since Valve released the Index, a PC gaming VR headset that's still praised today as one of the best ever made. In that time, the VR landscape has changed massively though, and devices from the Valve Index era that launched with motion tracking base stations and frustrating cables are starting to show their age.It's been rumored for a while that Valve is secretly working on a successor to the Valve Index, and new leaks put it in position to challenge the best VR headse
  
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• Pokemon Concierge season 2 finally has a release window as the Netflix anime reveals first look at new episodes

  27-02-2025 16:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Concierge season 2 finally has a release window – and we're getting new episodes in September this year.The first look and release window were unveiled during the Pokemon Company's presentation to celebrate Pokemon Day today (February 27). We've known that new episodes were coming for a while now, but this is the first confirmation we've had about when we can expect them to drop. You can see a glimpse of the first look below.
  Pokemon Concierge new eps coming to Netlix in Sept 2025
  
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• Pokemon TCG Pocket is finally getting ranked matches along with a special event, and a new set of cards adding God itself to the gacha

  27-02-2025 16:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Today's Pokemon Presents livestream brought all sorts of exciting news for dedicated fans of the franchise, including a sneak peek at what's to come in the Pokemon Trading Card Pocket app – and it seems some long-awaited features are underway.The first news to drop for Pokemon TCG Pocket was a look at the game's upcoming themed expansion: Triumphant Light. Centering around God-like Pokemon Arceus, the new content includes a booster pack headed by the almighty creature, who is also featured
  
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• Pokemon Legends Z-A launches "late 2025" on Switch, and Mega Evolutions are returning for the first time in 7 years

  27-02-2025 16:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Presents February 2025 has, as expected, brought us some new information on Pokemon Legends: Z-A - though sadly, we did not get a concrete release date. But we now know the upcoming RPG is set to launch in "late 2025," and we got an extensive look at some of the game's mechanics, including parkour, Wild Zones, Mega Evolutions, and battles where your Pokemon can actually dodge enemy attacks in real time.Legends: Z-A takes place in Lumios City, a modern urban area in the Kalos region with
  
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• Pokemon Legends Z-A remembers it's an open-zone JRPG, adds actual parkour and platforming so you can explore the city

  27-02-2025 16:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  We just got a lot of information about Pokemon Legends Z-A during the Pokemon Presents February show, and there are some new movement features coming to the game that will let you parkour and fly around Lumiose city.Pokemon Legends Z-A will take place entirely within Lumiose city, and it seems to be after the events of X and Y, as Z-A is running a hotel with his resurrected Floette that died in the great war.The city is being turned into a paradise where people and Pokemon coexist, and you'll ha
  
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• Veteran Metro developers announce a new FPS that has Crysis-like exosuits and drags an acclaimed filmmaker out of a 9-year hiatus

  27-02-2025 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some veteran developers who worked on the dystopian Metro series have now formed a new independent studio, Reburn, and announced a new FPS called La Quimera, which continues their knack for creating close-quarter shootouts and ruined kinda-near-future cities.La Quimera is set to take place across both a sprawling, semi-ruined Latin American megalopolis and its surrounding jungles, combining folklore and over-the-top advanced military tech that'd make Crysis blush. Speaking of, La Quimera takes t
  
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• Pokemon Champions announced for Switch and mobile, a new PvP competition where you can fight with your Pokemon from older games

  27-02-2025 15:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Pokemon Company has unveiled a new battle-focused game called Pokemon Champions, and it kind of looks like a mobile version of Pokemon Stadium.Revealed during the Pokemon Presents stream today for Pokemon Day, Pokemon Champions is in development for the "Nintendo Switch family of systems" as well as mobile devices. Main series developer Game Freak is planning the game, and The Pokemon Works is developing.Notably, the game is confirmed to have Pokemon Home compatibility, so you'll be able to
  
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• It looks like the new Lord of the Rings movie Hunt for Gollum has been delayed by a year

  27-02-2025 14:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Looks like our return to Middle-Earth on the big screen just got seriously delayed...While it was originally slated to land in theaters in December 2026, Andy Serkis has now confirmed that The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum won't actually release until one whole year later, due to extensive planning and VFX work."We are right at the beginning of the writing process," the motion capture legend-turned-director explained at Fan Expo Vancouver 2025 (via The Direct). "We will be prepping late
  
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• Movie fans are figuring out what some of the film’s most iconic props are made out of, from ice cream machines to takeout boxes

  27-02-2025 14:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  A niche online community has uncovered the origins of some of TV and film’s most iconic props, and what strange household items they are made of.Many movie buffs have flocked to the Twitter thread, started by Visakan Veerasamy, which details the best parts of a subreddit "where people point out the mundane origins of movie props," reads the post. However, it seems that the most common of items turned into crazy props are found mainly in the sci-fi genre.One user pointed out how many weapon
  
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• I secretly love using this retro handheld for Sega games, but don't tell the Genesis in my living room

  27-02-2025 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  As a Sega stan, I honestly didn't think I'd be using a retro handheld to emulate Genesis and Saturn games in 2025. Yet, I keep finding myself reaching for a specific portable console, one that looks and feels almost like an authentic controller. Playing everything from the OG Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy to Capcom's legacy of fighters feels truly awesome on this device, and it's well worth picking up if you haven't got the space or cash for original systems.Available for $79.97 at Amazon, the Anbe
  
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• Jeff Goldblum's fantasy series Kaos was Netflix's most-watched cancelled show of late 2024

  27-02-2025 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix's latest What We Watched report has shed some light on its decision to cancel Kaos, just 40 days after it premiered on its platform.The well-reviewed fantasy series, which was created by The End of the F***ing World's Charlie Covell and landed on August 29, puts a modern spin on Greek mythology, as it sees Jeff Goldblum's tracksuit-wearing Zeus become obsessed with stopping his prophecy, which signals the end of his reign over Olympia and beyond, coming true. As Zeus becomes more and mor
  
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• Pokemon "will go downhill" if "we become complacent and go with the flow" says CEO, who hopes the series could last another 70 years

  27-02-2025 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's Pokemon Day which means we have a Pokemon Presents coming up, and the CEO of the Pokemon Company shares some thoughts about what makes the franchise so special."Pokemon is the only thing we do at the Pokemon Company," CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara tells the BBC. It's a private company, which means it doesn't have any shareholders to appease with dividends or rising stock prices. "Whatever profit we make from Pokemon gets reinvested in Pokemon."Pokemon has been going strong for almost 30 years, and
  
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• Not content with killing the Lord of the Rings and Wonder Woman studio, Warner Bros. may lock its brilliant Nemesis system away in patent jail for another 11 years

  27-02-2025 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Three Warner Bros. game studios, including Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor developer Monolith Productions, are all being shut down, but its fantastic Nemesis system may remain behind WB's doors for the foreseeable future thanks to an old patent.The Nemesis system is, simply, a stroke of genius. In Shadow of Mordor, it allows regular ol' orcs to transcend from grunt status to becoming lethal enemies in their own right. If they beat you in a fight, they can be promoted, to be encountered later on a
  
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• Star Wars fans are convinced a Rebels planet shows up in the Andor season 2 trailer

  27-02-2025 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars fans are convinced a key Rebels planet shows up in the first trailer for Andor season 2.The planet in question looks to be pretty empty, mostly made up of grass or wheat fields of some kind. The Star Wars Rebels fans among you will probably immediately notice the resemblance to Lothal, another planet mostly made up of grassy plains. Check out a comparison below.
  Could this be Lothal in the ANDOR Season 2 trailer? pic.twitter.com/YT1u5MROWpFebruary 24, 2025
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• New Sims 4 update adds burglars, customizable tattoos – and a "horrific bug" that makes children pregnant: "This is an actual nightmare"

  27-02-2025 13:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  After revealing the upcoming Businesses and Hobbies expansion for The Sims 4, EA went on to release a brand-new update containing burglars and customizable tattoos ahead of the pack – but apparently, not everything that accompanied the patch's arrival was good.Not good at all, in fact – so much so, that one unwanted addition might even rival the incest bug that made Sims want to date family members. According to players' new reports online, the latest update has brought with it a gli
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds dev says remaking the series' old games is hard because "trying to go back to a game that was from 2004 Internet" takes so many changes it becomes a reboot

  27-02-2025 13:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Have you ever wanted a remake of an old Monster Hunter game? Well, that's too bad because the team would rather look to the future than try to recreate products of the Internet's past.In an interview with Arekkz Gaming, Monster Hunter Wilds producer Ryozo Tsujimoto explains via translator Patrick that "One of the barriers to trying to remaster or remake a Monster Hunter game is that it's always been an online game with multiplayer. So each generation of Monster Hunter game has been structured an
  
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• This weird Steam Next Fest RPG might have more dice rolls than Baldur's Gate 3, and so far I've debated a talking fish, uncovered a clone plot, and gone head-to-head with bubble tea

  27-02-2025 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  In Moves of the Diamond Hand, I've lied about knowing the mayor, commanded a train's computer to enter an "intense self-maintenance mode", and, upon leaving the carriage, avoided taking damage from slipping on bubble tea on the platform by rolling against my wisdom to simply "accept the situation" and move on. If my cooking skill was higher, I could also overcome the odds here by trying to taste the bubbles. This is only ten minutes into the game's opening in the Steam Next Fest demo.Those famil
  
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• Buffy the Vampire Slayer cast pays tribute to the late Michelle Trachtenberg: "Our Buffy family lost a little sister today"

  27-02-2025 12:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has paid tribute to their former co-star Michelle Trachtenberg, who died yesterday (February 26) at the age of 39. Trachtenberg starred in the show between 2000 and 2003, playing Buffy's younger sister Dawn from season 5 to season 7."My heart is heavy today. We have lost a beautiful soul," James Marsters, who played vampire Spike, wrote on Instagram. "Michelle was fiercely intelligent, howlingly funny, and a very talented person. She died much too young, and
  
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• After almost 10 years of Stardew Valley, ConcernedApe says "thank you for playing" and releases new patch on the Nintendo Switch: "I appreciate everyone who enjoys the game"

  27-02-2025 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  After releasing one of the most impressive Stardew Valley updates earlier this year with patch 1.6, creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has been hard at work on fixes – and with the latest one's arrival on the Nintendo Switch, the developer shares some heartfelt words.Speaking in a recent post online, ConcernedApe details the patch 1.6.15.1 notes and reveals that the update has now been rolled out on the Switch. The dev also thanks fans for their dedication to the beloved farming sim after
  
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• Balatro dev says solitaire exists "at the peak of game culture" and was debatably "the most important" inspiration for his poker roguelike

  27-02-2025 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Balatro solo dev LocalThunk has given a bit more insight into the inspirations behind his hit "poker roguelike," which he says, it could be argued, is "technically a solitaire game."In the first post on LocalThunk's newly created blog, he explains that solitaire – specifically, its most common variant, Klondike – would be "right in the middle" of a Balatro vision board, had he actually made one. It's arguably "the most important" inspiration behind the game, the dev adds, noting that
  
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• Daredevil star Charlie Cox says Andrew Garfield didn't realize he was in Spider-Man: No Way Home: "You're not in my script"

  27-02-2025 12:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  With all the secrecy around Spider-Man: No Way Home, it turns out that two of the actors didn't even realize they were both in the movie. Daredevil actor Charlie Cox, who had a small cameo as a "really good lawyer" in the Tom Holland-led movie, says he texted his friend Andrew Garfield to hang out on set – but it didn't quite go to plan."I got to Atlanta to film Spider-Man," he recalled to Marvel. "I got to this hotel and was getting ready to go out and I texted Andrew Garfield. I pretty m
  
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