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• Monster Hunter Wilds PC players make Steam reviews their 15th weapon as Capcom's RE Engine delivers another Dragon's Dogma 2-sized disaster: "Very immersive game. You can cook a well-done steak on your GPU"

  28-02-2025 23:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Monster Hunter Wilds is here, and on PC it's reaching some of the most historic highs we've ever seen on Steam - despite the fact that it's getting hammered in the reviews due to its poor performance. Players are making Steam reviews their 15th weapon in hopes of getting Capcom to deliver a solid PC port."very immersive game," one quite silly Steam review puts it."you can cook a well-done steak on your GPU while you play and the hot blasts of air from your PC fans truly make you feel like you ar
  
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• First Daredevil: Born Again clip sees The Man Without Fear beat up Bullseye but leaves out the best part

  28-02-2025 23:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first clip from Daredevil: Born Again has arrived - and it's just a taste of the bloodiness and brutality to come.In the 60-second clip, which can be viewed below, Daredevil takes on Benjamin Poindexter aka Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) in a stairwell,with the two alternating between punching and stabbing each other. The two make it up to the rooftop, but cuts off right before it looks like Daredevil is about to push him off. We can also hear Karen's voice in the background, in tears, telling som
  
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• "Sounds like a skills issue": Jeff the Shark co-creator says Marvel Rivals players "should get better at the game" if "my boy is beating your ass every night"

  28-02-2025 22:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jeff the Shark is undeniably Marvel Rivals' cutest and most frustrating hero to encounter, and the comics writer who helped create him as no sympathy for his victims.Kelly Thompson, who co-created Jeff the Shark alongside artist Daniele di Nicuolo, offered some advice for Marvel Rivals players who are tired of being noshed on by Jeff the Shark. Talking to Polygon, she (jokingly) advised players to git gud, essentially."What they call annoying," Thompson said, laughing, "I call a skills issue."I
  
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• Scream star Matthew Lillard is joining the cast of Daredevil: Born Again

  28-02-2025 21:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Matthew Lillard is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and I, for one, could not be happier.Per Deadline, Lillard has been added to the cast of Daredevil: Born Again. Character details are being kept under wraps (of course) but season 2 begins filming in New York City next week.The first season of Daredevil: Born Again has not yet been released, but it's worth noting that the revival show was initially supposed to be one singular season consisting of 18 episodes. After the initial episodes w
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows has guaranteed one-shot assassinations, but you have to turn them on in the options

  28-02-2025 20:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Shadows will give you the option to switch on guaranteed one-shot assassinations, Ubisoft has confirmed.For some context, in pre-Origins Assassin's Creed games, if you managed to position yourself behind or above an enemy target unseen and you performed an assassination, that target became not alive. However, when the series grew out of its stealth-action roots and took on more RPG elements, it stopped guaranteeing one-shot assassinations, instead going off of your level, stats,
  
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• The Terminator 2 game we should've got in 1991 is now coming from one of the best retro studios around, complete with a buff Sarah Connor and a fully nude playable Arnold

  28-02-2025 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Terminator 2D: No Fate was recently unveiled as a new, retro-styled adaptation of James Cameron's 1991 sci-fi classic. The first trailer combines absolutely gorgeous pixel art with classic game mechanics drawing from the likes of Contra, Metal Gear, and Battletoads, and developer Bitmap Bureau's retro gaming pedigree has cemented this side-scrolling action game as one to watch.Due to launch across PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC on September 5, Terminator 2D adapts the big scen
  
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• Where to buy AMD RX 9070 series graphics cards: retailers I'd check for AMD's latest GPUs

  28-02-2025 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The time has come to chat about where to buy RX 9070 series graphics cards, as AMD has finally unveiled its next-gen GPU line-up. The RDNA 4 duo is set to land on March 6, and it's safe to say the red team is looking to gain mid-range ground. I'm pretty pleased with the fact the RX 9070 and RTX 9070 XT cost $549 and $599 respectively, but that could mean it flies off virtual store shelves.The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is set to become AMD's latest best graphics card contender, but it's not what I'd
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs chased down a 600-year-old star map for the sake of historical accuracy and immersion, and it should "be useful for Hardcore Mode"

  28-02-2025 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  RPGs are made or broken by their immersion, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has gone a step further than most by using a real-life 600-year old star map to create an accurate night sky.One fan notices that you can spot real constellations in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and the North Star is actually aligned with North in the game. Now I'm not enough of an astrology buff to know what other stars are being shown, but if you know your Orion's Belt from your Little Dipper then you should take a loo
  
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• Helldivers 2's Galactic War resumes as Arrowhead fixes its broken liberation rates, and High Command insists anyone who saw anything weird "may be suffering from Illuminate mind-influence"

  28-02-2025 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2's Galactic War has resumed after High Command put the whole thing on hold yesterday when an error introduced in a backend update accidentally made planet liberation rates "skyrocket."Yesterday, developer Arrowhead explained that while the error was "fun," it was ultimately "breaking the Galactic War mechanic itself." After all, I don't know how game master Joel would have responded if players successfully liberated the entire map in one fell swoop – that would have been very d
  
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• This cozy roguelite tricked me into trying a dungeon crawler by using farm sim features as bait, and I think the Steam Next Fest demo has officially converted me

  28-02-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest Steam Next Fest has arrived, and that means I get to try out the demos for my most highly anticipated indie games – and Grimoire Groves, despite initially wooing me with its farming sim vibes, has won me over with its unique twist on the roguelite and dungeon crawler genres.I'm no stranger to cozier games like Stardew Valley, but more challenging, roguelike-aligned genres aren't generally appealing to me – until now, that is. Grimoire Groves has converted me, with its vibr
  
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• Horror movie marketing ups its game once again, as the team behind The Monkey sends a gross-out bus to drive around Hollywood

  28-02-2025 17:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Who's to say there's only one way to market a horror movie? In this era of Twitter and TikTok, trailers and posters just aren't cutting it anymore and studios are being forced to get creative to hype up certain releases – and, well, it looks like the team behind The Monkey got the memo.To celebrate Longlegs director Osgood Perkins' latest feature hitting the big screen, Neon had someone dress up like the titular toy and drive a school bus full of decapitated cheerleaders around Hollywood.
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds devs "have polished our game as much as possible," producer says, which might not be very reassuring for the PC players experiencing performance issues

  28-02-2025 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Monster Hunter Wilds has had a rollercoaster of a first day on Steam, because while it continues to break its own player records and climb higher up the all-time concurrent player record charts, it's also been hit with "Mixed" reviews as a result of performance issues. This is despite the fact that the devs say they "have polished our game as much as possible."Many hunters are struggling to get Monster Hunter Wilds to run as it should – its performance has been described as "atrocious," an
  
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• Dwarf Fortress devs "apologize for destroying your food-based economies" after nerfing meal prices: "Didn't realize so many of you were living that way"

  28-02-2025 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dwarf Fortress is a management game about running, well, an underground fortress full of dwarves. You might think that the best way to earn money in a game like this is by digging for gems and metal and forging high-quality weapons and jewelry, but no - the real money is in food production. The devs have just issued a nerf to meal value, and are already (quite jokingly) apologizing for wrecking everybody's food-based economy.Version 51.06 went live this week, and among other things, it "decrease
  
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• Sugardew Island and its charming Steam Next Fest demo left the Stardew Valley stan in me more excited than ever before to play the cozy farming sim next month

  28-02-2025 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest Steam Next Fest is here, which means some of my most highly anticipated indie games have free demos available to play – and Sugardew Island might just be one of my favorites.While the Stardew Valley vibes are apparent right off the bat, there's more to this little gem than just farming. It feels like a cross between ConcernedApe's beloved pixel-style game and genre classics like Harvest Moon or Story of Seasons, and that's exactly what prompted me to play Sugardew Island in the
  
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• The Sims meets Unpacking in this cozy Steam Next Fest demo that could easily have eaten up hours of my free time

  28-02-2025 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Whisper of the House actually made me steeple my hands together like I was some kind of fiendish cartoon villain who'd just come across the perfect scheme. What elicited such a gesture? Well, it was the sight of an elderly gentlemen's room in dire need of organization.The delightful pixelated adventure from developer GD Studio is all about decorating rooms as you take on the role of a new resident opening their own housekeeping company. You set about bringing other peoples rooms together, with t
  
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• This exploration roguelike has no combat, and just tasks you with placing rooms on a blueprint – but its Steam Next Fest demo is delightfully devious

  28-02-2025 16:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've lived in some strange buildings in my time as a renter, but I have to admit I've never come across anything quite like the mansion Mt. Holly in Blue Prince. A huge building, it's nominally made up of 45 rooms, though when your relative passes away and names you in their will, it's on the condition that you find a 46th room that's rumored to exist. Oh, and also – the mansion changes its layout every single day, and you must begin exploration anew the next morning.From developer Dogubom
  
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• Fortnite is now giving cheaters "second chances" with 1-year bans that allow you to use the battle royale like it's Discord and do absolutely nothing else until you're freed from the void

  28-02-2025 16:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Epic Games has announced fresh changes to its approach to dealing with cheaters in Fortnite, with some players soon to be given "second chances" that'll swap lifetime bans for one-year restrictions that'll make the game almost unusable, apart from its voice and text chat functionality.In a blog post published yesterday, Epic confirms that as of April, first-time cheaters will get off slightly lighter than before, with one-year bans in place that'll only be extended to lifetime bans if they cheat
  
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• In classic Nintendo fashion, the latest Pokemon Legends Z-A reveal left out the best part: the Lumiose City map looks great after a massive overhaul in the 12 years since X and Y

  28-02-2025 15:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  We learned a lot of new information about Pokemon Legends Z-A on Pokemon Day, but one hidden detail is just how huge the map for Lumiose City is.Pokemon Legends Z-A seems to take place entirely within Lumiose City, sometime after the events of X and Y. So, unlike Legends Arceus, this game is taking us into the future, not the past.I was initially disappointed about this single-city setting, as Lumiose City from X and Y is big, but it doesn't have much life to it. Traversing it was more a chore t
  
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• AMD finally unveils its RX 9070 series graphics cards starting at $549

  28-02-2025 15:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  AMD just officially unveiled its Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards, and I'm absolutely thrilled at the price we're getting on March 6. Designed to take on Nvidia's RTX 5070 series, the GPUs with come in at $549 and $599 respectively and the XT will boast up to 42% better performance than the last gen RX 7900 GRE.It's pretty clear that AMD isn't gunning for the best graphics card crown this generation. Instead, it's sending cards like the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT into the mid-range battl
  
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• The Hunger Games director to follow up Stephen King adaptation with Netflix series based on "30 Days of Night meets The Last of Us" horror podcast

  28-02-2025 15:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence is teaming up with Netflix to adapt Impact Winter, a post-apocalyptic horror podcast described as "30 Days of Night meets The Last of Us."Created by Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim), the three-part Audible Original follows two sisters who finds themselves on the opposite sides on a conflict, after a comet hits Earth and blocks out the sun – levelling the playing field between humans and vampires. Check out the trailer below...Since its launch in 2022,
  
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• CRKD's new Gibson Les Paul Guitar Controller is up for pre-order, and it's coming for the Riffmaster's lunch

  28-02-2025 14:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  When PDP launched its Riffmaster Guitar Controller last year, I wondered whether a new era of Guitar Hero controllers was dawning. It's been almost a year since, but CRKD has now joined the band with an axe of its own, and for guitar players, it'll be very tempting.Made in official partnership with one of the most beloved guitar brands in the world, the CRKD Gibson Les Paul Guitar Controller will arrive on the shelves this June. It's available for pre-order already and comes in a few different f
  
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• Former Pokemon World Champion says new game is about to turn the competitive scene upside-down, with changes so big he "can't even fathom" them

  28-02-2025 14:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  A former Pokemon world champion says that the series' new competitive title, Pokemon Champions, could have a massive impact on the competition circuit.Yesterday, during Pokemon Presents 2025, Nintendo and Game Freak had a game announcement to go along with its chunky Pokemon Legends: Z-A reveal. Pokemon Champions is a competitive-focused strategy game that strips out all of the narrative and presumably quite a lot of the creature catching and rearing mechanics that have been a mainstay of the se
  
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• Nearly two years after it was first announced, Cowboy Bebop director's new sci-fi anime finally has a release date

  28-02-2025 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  New sci-fi anime Lazarus finally has a release date – and it's coming to our screens in a little over a month. The show will premiere on April 5 on Adult Swim, before streaming on Max the following day. It's set to premiere in Japan this April, too.The series was created by Shinichirō Watanabe, the director of Cowboy Bebop, who's also helmed other series like Samurai Champloo, Carole & Tuesday, and Space Dandy. John Wick director Chad Stahelski was involved with designing the show
  
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• Everyone is saying the same thing about the new Shrek 5 teaser – why does Fiona look like that?

  28-02-2025 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first Shrek 5 teaser has landed, but fans are all wondering the same thing - why does the animation look so different?The quick 25-second video shows Shrek and Donkey swiping through Shrek memes on the magic mirror when Fiona and her daughter, voiced by Zendaya, join the frame. There's no doubt that Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona look vastly different from the first four movies, and viewers have noticed too."Why does the animation look like an AI interpretation of what Shrek 5 could look like?," s
  
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• The Witcher series' new book offers a blast to Geralt's teenage past dubbed Crossroads of Ravens, and it'll be out in English this fall

  28-02-2025 13:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over a decade has passed now since The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski released Season of Storms, with his brand-new book Crossroads of Ravens releasing in Polish late last year – but it looks like English-speaking fans won't have to wait much longer to read it now.The prequel, which was previously revealed to focus on Geralt's "teenage years" rather than his established career as a Witcher, has been named Crossroads of Ravens in a recent press release from English publisher Hachette. Tha
  
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• This roguelike alt-WW2 Steam Next Fest RTS put me in charge of dieselpunk mech squad, and is wonderfully snack-sized

  28-02-2025 13:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  For me, sometimes RTS games can feel a bit too sprawling, and end up intimidating as a result. Grit and Valor – 1949 manages to judge this well, presenting each skirmish as a small and easy to navigate grid, across a board game-like map with branching paths allowing me to judge which encounter I want to tackle next. This is a really nicely presented roguelike RTS where each run empowers me to come back with a new strategy and, so far in the Steam Next Fest demo, enjoy each new attempt.From
  
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• This roguelike alt-WW2 Steam Next Fest RTS put me in charge of a dieselpunk mech squad, and is wonderfully snack-sized

  28-02-2025 13:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  For me, sometimes RTS games can feel a bit too sprawling, and end up intimidating as a result. Grit and Valor – 1949 manages to judge this well, presenting each skirmish as a small and easy to navigate grid, across a board game-like map with branching paths allowing me to judge which encounter I want to tackle next. This is a really nicely presented roguelike RTS where each run empowers me to come back with a new strategy and, so far in the Steam Next Fest demo, enjoy each new attempt.From
  
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• FromSoftware proves it's been the master of asset reuse for over a decade as a modder discovers Dark Souls' Blighttown is made of just "10 bits of wood"

  28-02-2025 13:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  FromSoftware is the champion of asset reuse, and one modder believes its reign started a long time ago - since the entirety of Dark Souls' Blighttown is apparently made of just ten pieces of wood.Modder Scott "Grimrukh" Mooney tweets, "Fun fact: the entirety of Blighttown, as far as I can tell, is built from scaled copy/pastes of these ten bits of wood." There are two planks, three sticks, and five panels. It's impressive work.Blighttown is an infamous level in the original Dark Souls. It's a ri
  
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• There's a whole world of Dark Souls-style lore hidden in this series of dress-up games, and I bet you can't tell which is which

  28-02-2025 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The aesthetics of Infinity Nikki - the open-world dress-up game featuring pink-haired protagonists in a variety of elegant dresses - suggest to me a relatively lighthearted, fairytale narrative. But this week, I've learned that I might be completely wrong about that, thanks to an array of items from a previous game in the series that literally rival Dark Souls for their threatening, gothic lore implications.Last week, a resetera thread highlighted a user-made quiz that tasked players with guessi
  
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• Palworld dev endorses this sand-powered sim that looks like Terraria with automation, which already has 97% positive reviews in Steam Next Fest

  28-02-2025 13:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're looking for a Steam Next Fest demo to try, one Palworld developer suggests a mining and automation game called Sandustry.Answering one Twitter user asking that very question, Palworld designer and community manager John "Bucky" Buckley highlights the game, saying it may be "rough" but urging anyone to give it a go as "there is something special about it."Currently available to try on Steam, Sandustry is a mining and automation game that features "dynamic sand physics.""Explore a destru
  
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• Halo 3 streamers claim a world record by beating the game's near-impossible LASO challenge in only 4 hours without dying once

  28-02-2025 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Two Halo 3 streamers became only the second group to beat the game's hardest challenge without dying once, and they did it in record time to boot.Streamer JerValin teamed up with Reflection just yesterday to take on the classic shooter's Legendary difficulty. As if that wasn't already a hair-pulling, sweat-inducing challenge, the two also turned all Skulls on and attempted a no-deaths playthrough. And, somehow, they made it through alive.The only other known person to ever beat Halo 3's Deathles
  
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• The Rings of Power newcomer Jamie Campbell Bower has 'revealed' his season 3 character – but it could be a Sauron-style misdirect

  28-02-2025 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Rings of Power season 3 has added Stranger Things' Jamie Campbell Bower to its cast. Helpfully, the actor has already cut through the noise of speculation surrounding who he'll be playing in Middle-earth – but we're not totally convinced.Ever since Bower's inclusion in the cast, fans have tried to figure out which figure from Tolkien's works he could be portraying. A chief theory is that of Celeborn, an elven lord and Galadriel's husband. He's been conspicuous by his absence in the Ama
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds' massive launch is being dampened by "Mixed" Steam reviews, as hunters report "atrocious" performance issues in the action RPG

  28-02-2025 13:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Monster Hunter Wilds may have debuted to an enormous swarm of players on Steam, but not everyone is having a fantastic time, as performance issues have dampened an otherwise spectacular launch with "Mixed" reviews.While the new action RPG hit a peak of almost 1 million players in its first hour on Steam, at the time of writing, only 47% of its reviews are positive. Hunters are reporting "absolutely atrocious performance" and alleging it "runs even worse than the beta," with one saying that despi
  
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• Marvel fans are convinced Jessica Jones will return in Daredevil: Born Again season 2, but there might be another reason Krysten Ritter is in NYC

  28-02-2025 12:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel fans are convinced Krysten Ritter will be returning as Jessica Jones in Daredevil: Born Again season 2 – but they might not be right.The speculation comes after Ritter shared on her Instagram that she was heading to New York City. Born Again season 2 is set to start production today (February 28), so it would seem like a Defenders reunion could be in the works.
  Krysten Ritter just touched down on NYC. Coincidentally, Born Again Season 2 starts filming tomorrow. Brad Winderbaum said
  
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• Star Wars' Kathleen Kennedy debunks retirement reports, as she shares plans for the future of Lucasfilm: "I will die making movies"

  28-02-2025 12:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kathleen Kennedy has confirmed she isn't retiring from Lucasfilm anytime soon, despite reports of the contrary. That said, she has "every intention of making an announcement months or a year down the road" as to her role within the company.Earlier this week, Puck claimed that Kennedy was stepping down as the studio's president after 13 years, having overseen the latest era of Star Wars projects from The Force Awakens to The Acolyte – and it didn't take long for other publications like The
  
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• James Gunn denies DC casting rumors that Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe will play Clayface: "We certainly haven’t talked to or considered him"

  28-02-2025 12:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn has shut down casting rumors yet again after it emerged that Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe was being considered to play Batman villain Clayface. In fact, the DC Studios head has confirmed they haven't even begun casting the movie yet."As we confirmed the other day, we’re closing a deal with James to direct," Gunn shared on Threads, referencing Speak No Evil director James Watkins signing on for the film. "Because we don’t have a director yet, we haven’t even sta
  
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• Nintendo Switch Online drops a game from its lineup for the first time ever, and the "concerning" move has fans worried: "This sets an upsetting precedent"

  28-02-2025 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a seemingly monumental move for consumers, Nintendo has announced the end of service for one of its Switch Online games – and understandably, users are worried about what that means for the future of digital gaming.Revealing the upcoming removal in a new online post, Nintendo states that Spike Chunsoft's Super Formation Soccer will cease distribution next month on March 28. The game, a title available via the company's Super Famicom Nintendo Switch Online lineup in Japan, will also not
  
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• Pokemon Legends: Z-A breaks a 24-year fashion tradition, giving its female protagonist pants for the first time in the series' history

  28-02-2025 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  For the first time in over 24 years, Pokemon has bucked its long-standing fashion trend of giving its female protagonists short skirts and shorts, opting to give the Pokemon Legends Z-A protagonist the widest pant legs I've ever seen.Pokemon Crystal was the first game in the series to introduce a playable girl, aptly named Kris, aka Crystal. She, like Ethan/Gold, wears shorts, which must have made that climb up Mt. Silver pretty chilly.No matter the temperature of the series' previous regions, a
  
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• The Ryan Gosling-led Star Wars movie from Deadpool and Wolverine director is set "five or six years" after The Rise of Skywalker

  28-02-2025 12:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shawn Levy's Star Wars movie, which is set to star Ryan Gosling, will be arriving after The Mandalorian & Grogu – and it'll take place after The Rise of Skywalker on the Star Wars timeline.The update comes courtesy of Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who spoke to Deadline about what's in the works for Star Wars."I'm producing the Mandalorian movie right now, and I'm also producing Shawn Levy's movie, which is after that," Kennedy revealed, while dispelling rumors about reports of
  
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• Two of Star Wars' biggest no-show movies get updates – but they're not completely promising

  28-02-2025 12:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Taika Waititi and James Mangold's long-gestating Star Wars movies have been given updates by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.Let's start with Taika Waititi's project. First announced way back in 2020, then given a "late 2023" release window by Kennedy in an interview with Total Film, there has been precious little to say of late from the Thor: Ragnarok director's trip to a galaxy far, far away.As Kennedy tells Deadline, there is movement on the feature as a new writer is onboard."Well, I ke
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds hits almost 1 million concurrent players on Steam in 1 hour, surpassing Elden Ring and nearly tripling Monster Hunter: World's all-time peak

  28-02-2025 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Monster Hunter Wilds has had a phenomenal debut on Steam, hitting a concurrent player peak of almost 1 million and breaking into the top 10 all-time player peaks in its first hour.Capcom's new action RPG finally released today, and on PC, it immediately opened its doors to 880,806 players, according to data from SteamDB. That quickly spiked even higher, with the game hitting 987,482 concurrent players within the hour.For comparison, Monster Hunter: World's all-time Steam peak was 334,684 at laun
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds becomes only the 8th Steam game to hit 1 million concurrents, tripling Monster Hunter: World's all-time peak hours after launch

  28-02-2025 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Update: Not long after we originally posted this story, Monster Hunter Wilds accumulated even more players on Steam, and has become the eighth game on the platform (ever) to reach 1 million concurrent players. At the time of writing, its latest peak (from minutes ago) was 1,133,679, which comfortably triples Monster Hunter: World's all-time peak, and pushes Wilds up to seventh in SteamDB's all-time concurrent player chart. It's also the first Capcom game to pass 1 million simultaneous Steam play
  
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• Suicide Squad's $200 million failure was so damaging, it reportedly contributed to the cancellation of Monolith's Wonder Woman game

  28-02-2025 11:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wonder Woman was reportedly cancelled partly because Suicide Squad and MultiVersus flopped so badly.Earlier this week, WB Games announced that it had scrapped its solo Wonder Woman game and closed down its studio Monolith Productions for good, alongside MultiVersus developer Player First and WB Games San Diego in a move the publisher called a "strategic change in direction."Throwing away a developer with three decades of beloved cult classics and blockbuster hits under its belt - including Shado
  
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• The Witcher 4 director refutes claims that Ciri's appearance has changed since the reveal trailer: "We have not modified it"

  28-02-2025 11:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The director of The Witcher 4 says that Ciri's character model has not changed since the game's recent reveal trailer.The Witcher 4 was officially revealed during The Game Awards in December, with a trailer that saw Ciri take up Geralt's mantle. In that trailer, Ciri finds herself stumbling through the woods at dusk in pursuit of a mystery monster, some suitably spooky camera angles not exactly capturing all her best angles. That led to speculation by some that developer CD Projekt Red had subst
  
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• I'm not saying this open-world pirate RPG is the Sid Meier's Pirates successor I've wanted for 21 years, but based on its bangin' Steam Next Fest demo, it's not not that

  28-02-2025 02:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  It is way, way too early to dignify Seven Seas: Adventures by calling it a "spiritual successor" to Sid Meier's Pirates!, widely regarded as the best pirate game ever made, but I gotta say, I toyed around with its new Steam Next Fest demo and it sure does scratch a very specific itch.Sid Meier's Pirates is explicitly a "huge inspiration" for developer Concept Games, and although I love Sid Meier's Pirates!, I approached the Seven Seas demo with trepidation. I've always considered the 2004 Pirate
  
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