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• As Suikoden returns from the dead, Konami wants the cult JRPG classic to "become a huge title that can rival other AAA" games

  07-03-2025 23:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  30 years after the release of the original PS1 game and 19 years after the launch of the final main series entry on PS2, Suikoden is back in the form of a highly anticipated remaster collection. Sure, Suikoden 1&2 HD Remaster might just be a re-release of some classic JRPGs, but even publisher Konami is hopeful this revival can become something more."We hope that it will become a huge title that can rival other AAA titles," series producer Rui Naito tells Bloomberg. "We hope to take it one s
  
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• The Monsterverse expands with Return to Skull Island, a comic tying into Netflix's King Kong-centric animated series

  07-03-2025 23:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The so-called Monsterverse of Godzilla and King Kong is adding a new chapter in Return to Skull Island, a comic book which ties into Netflix's Skull Island: The Animated Series. Skull Island is, of course, the mysterious prehistoric island home of King Kong, one of the main pillars of Monsterverse lore.Written by Simon Furman and drawn by Christopher Jones, Return to Skull Island explores the deeper mysteries of the monster-filled Skull Island, with King Kong along for the ride. In Skull Island:
  
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• Diablo 4 season 8 is revamping the boss ladder system with new mechanics and bosses, including one of the best from Diablo 3

  07-03-2025 23:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 season 8 is all about bosses, Blizzard has revealed in a new Campfire livestream.The biggest season 8 highlight revealed today is the return of the fan-favorite Diablo 3 boss, Belial, otherwise known as the Lord of Lies, otherwise known as the freaky dragon-looking boss fight that happens during the final quest of Diablo 3's third act - you know, the one that probably wrecked you so hard that you had to lower the difficulty.True to form, Belial is coming to Diablo 4 as the pinnacle figh
  
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• "I was in super crunch mode": Balatro creator opens up on the toll the stress of indie development took on his "physical and mental health"

  07-03-2025 23:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Balatro creator LocalThunk has remained pretty private in the wake of the poker roguelike's massive launch, choosing not to reveal his real name or even appear in person to accept the Best Independent Game award at The Game Awards last year. Nonetheless, in a new blog post running down the history of Balatro's development, LocalThunk has opened up on some of the health issues caused by the stress of game's development.The development of Balatro began in December 2021 as a hobby project for Local
  
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• $320 million in the hole, the Russo brothers' new Netflix movie debuts to their worst Rotten Tomatoes score even though it's one of the most expensive films ever made

  07-03-2025 22:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Electric State, the latest film from the Russo brothers, has debuted to a rather rotten Rotten Tomatoes score - despite being one of the most expensive movies ever made in the history of cinema.The movie, which is set to hit Netflix next week, has debuted to a 19% critics score. The film cost the streamer $320 million, making it one of the most expensive film budgets of all time coming in right below Avengers: Infinity War and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.The sci-fi epic, which is a
  
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• Co-op zombie FPS Killing Floor 3 delayed to "later in 2025" 3 weeks before it was supposed to release following disastrous beta: "We missed the mark"

  07-03-2025 21:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Killing Floor 3 has been delayed to later this year, just three weeks before it was supposed to launch.Developer Tripwire shared the announcement on Bluesky, suggesting the delay had something to do with the game's recent closed beta, which most agree was pretty bad."After taking the time to gather and discuss feedback from our recent closed beta, we've realized that we missed the mark," reads the announcement. "Our goal isn't just to make Killing Floor 3 an ambitious step forward for the franch
  
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• "Bow down to the White Queen" as Emma Frost gets her own X-Men solo comic that flashes back to her time as a villain

  07-03-2025 21:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Emma Frost is a mainstay of the X-Men who has proved herself as a hero many times over. But there was a time before that when she was one of the X-Men's most powerful enemies as the White Queen of the Hellfire Club. Now, a new limited series puts Emma Frost in the spotlight, flashing back to her ascent to the position of White Queen, long before she was one of the X-Men.Written by Amy Chu with art by Andrea DiVito, the five-issue Emma Frost: White Queen limited series "reminds readers how danger
  
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• New Nintendo Switch 2 filing answers my prayers: both USB-C ports can charge, and NFC support suggests those 223 Amiibo are about to have new friends

  07-03-2025 20:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo's holding back further Nintendo Switch 2 details for a big reveal in an April Direct, but in the meantime it looks like we're getting some early info courtesy of the US government. The Federal Communications Commission recently published the results of its testing of the console, and while the report is 99% dull data on wireless emissions, there are a few juicy tidbits.Switch 2 will support Wi-Fi 6, as The Verge notes in its write-up of the report. Just as the original Switch and its re
  
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• Celeste composer releases soundtrack from canceled Metroidvania game Earthblade, and it's a tearjerker mash-up of classic anime soundtracks and synth: "We'll never get a chance to tell that story in game form"

  07-03-2025 20:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Celeste composer Lena Raine has just released the soundtrack for Extremely OK Games' canceled Metroidvania project Earthblade, and it's a feverishly pretty preview of a game you might never be able to play.You can stream or purchase the soundtrack – titled Across the Bounds of Fate – from Bandcamp, where some fans are already saying they find themselves mourning "what could have been."Across the Bounds of Fate is conducive to that kind of unrestrained longing; songs like 'Poison in t
  
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• Razer just dropped a brand new colorway on its cutest gaming headset yet

  07-03-2025 19:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Razer has stealth-dropped another brand new colorway on one of its most popular gadgets today, with the Kraken Kitty V2 now available in white. The $99.99 / £99.99 headset is available to order via Amazon and Razer right now, having previously only been available in the brand's Black or Quartz.The new white model comes with adorable pink accents on the side of each main cup, with the inside of each ear colored with the same bright color. That pink looks a little more vivid than the brand's
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds is slowly recovering from a rough PC launch, finally hitting 60% positive reviews on Steam – but some big issues remain

  07-03-2025 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Monster Hunter Wilds managed to claw its way back into everyone's good graces and is now sitting at 60% positive reviews on Steam, but there are still issues the developers need to fix on PC.Capcom has been hard at work on updates, one of which is coming out next week and should fix a progress blocker as well as some crashes and weird monster behavior, but the game is still far from perfect.One of the reviews notes that "performance is really bad," and "graphical bugs are not uncommon." The revi
  
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• The Sims 4's colorful competitor Paralives is bringing one of my favorite features from The Sims 3 back – the ability to customize literally everything

  07-03-2025 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  As EA continues releasing new content for The Sims 4 and hyper-realistic competitor inZOI gears up for its early access release later this month, another colorful life sim begins its hold on my heart – Paralives, an indie spin on the genre launching sometime this year.The upcoming life sim incorporates some of The Sims community's most highly requested features, including throwback mechanics from EA's older entries like The Sims 3. Paralives' developers show these off regularly online, wit
  
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• Amazon boss reportedly said "I don’t care what it costs" to buy James Bond after they approached long-time producers with a Moneypenny spin-off

  07-03-2025 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Apparently Amazon's acquisition of the James Bond franchise didn't exactly go smoothly.According to The Hollywood Reporter, longtime Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson weren't super happy with Amazon's idea to do a spin-off series about Miss Moneypenny, secretary to M, and didn't enjoy hearing the Bond movies being referred to as 'content.'Allegedly, after these grievances were published in The Wall Street Journal, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said, "I don't care what it costs, get
  
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• Avengers Tower will have a new name in Thunderbolts, and the movie's director says it's "a symbol of things taking a darker turn"

  07-03-2025 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's next big-screen release Thunderbolts* is introducing a new group of (anti)heroes to the MCU, but that's not the only change it's bringing with it. One of the franchise's key settings is getting a different name – and new ownership.Avengers Tower, formerly the New York City headquarters of Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and the rest of Earth's mightiest heroes, is now pretty much defunct since Stark's death in Avengers: Endgame. With no Avengers saving the world right now, the building
  
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• Balatro creator was "shocked" at his poker roguelike's high review scores: "I don’t think I would have rated Balatro higher than an 8 and I made the damn thing"

  07-03-2025 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  It can sometimes be difficult to accurately assess your work, and the task becomes even more arduous when you're working on an entertaining poker roguelike game. For example, Balatro creator LocalThunk was stunned to see such high review scores pouring in after the game released in 2024."February 19th rolls around," he recalls in a detailed timeline posted to his blog. "The 19th is the review embargo day, and [publisher] Playstack did a truly exceptional job getting this game in the hands of tra
  
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• Director of popular Netflix anime Ultraman: Rising offers disappointing update on sequel

  07-03-2025 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bad news, Ultraman: Rising fans! The anime movie's writer-director Shannon Tindle has confirmed that a sequel isn't likely to happen anytime soon, despite his interest in following up the adventures of Ken and Gigantron."I'd love to make another, but currently, it's not in the cards," he spelled out candidly on Twitter recently. "However, I've just started working on something I'm very excited about:) More to come…""This is so upsetting," a particularly gutted follower replied. "Ultraman:
  
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• Forget Pokemon Red and Blue, Nintendo's finally brought the secret best Game Boy game to Switch: an expanded version of Donkey Kong with 2425% more levels

  07-03-2025 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Red and Blue are probably the Nintendo Switch Online additions Game Boy fans are most eager to see, but Nintendo's just brought the monochrome portable's greatest sleeper hit to the retro library with the release of Donkey Kong. Plus, they're pairing it with a similarly underappreciated Game Boy classic in Mario's Picross.Donkey Kong, often referred to as Donkey Kong '94 by fans, is a sort of reimagining of the original 1981 arcade game. The game begins with remakes of the same four stag
  
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• The Recruit fans are blaming The Night Agent for the show's cancelation: "It's Netflix's fault for releasing at the same time"

  07-03-2025 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this week, The Recruit joined the list of canceled TV shows in 2025 – and fans think Netflix's scheduling is to blame.The espionage series was axed by Netflix just over a month after the second season dropped on the streamer. Noah Centineo plays CIA lawyer Owen Hendricks, whose life is turned upside down when he becomes entangled in an international conspiracy. Although the show debuted in the Netflix top 10 upon release on January 30, it was competing with another spy thriller.The
  
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• Genre giants Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell might not be kicking like they used to, but underrated stealth gem Styx is coming back for another game

  07-03-2025 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cyanide Studios and publisher Nacon have announced that the wise-cracking, sometimes fourth wall-breaking Styx is sneaking back for a third stealth romp.Styx: Blades of Greed is the name of the newest adventure, coming to PC, Xbox Series X, and PS5 later this year. Its reveal trailer is, sadly, only an animated teaser of our ugly green goblin hero doing what he does best: skulking through the dark, quietly ridding the world of humans, stealing goodies, and then making a quick escape over grimdar
  
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• The Russo brothers and The Electric State cast talk the surprisingly emotional core of the Netflix sci-fi movie: "I was definitely very, very, very moved"

  07-03-2025 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Electric State, the latest movie from the Russo brothers, revolves around a surprisingly emotional story: one young woman's quest to find her missing brother.Michelle, played by Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown, sets off accompanied by an enigmatic robot and Chris Pratt's soldier turned smuggler Keats to try and find her brother, venturing through a dangerous wasteland of sentient robots (in this alternate version of the '90s, a war broke out between these robots and humanity, with hu
  
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• Netflix expects to spend $18,000,000,000 on shows, movies, and more in 2025: "We're not anywhere near a ceiling"

  07-03-2025 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix won't be slowing down on producing new TV shows or movies any time soon. According to current projections, the company believes it'll spend somewhere in the region of $18 billion on its various endeavors in 2025 alone.Spencer Neumann, Netflix's CFO, threw the figure out during a conversation at the 2025 Morgan Stanley Tech, Media & Telecom Conference. "We're not anywhere near a ceiling," he said, per Variety, adding: "I think we are still just getting started."That figure marks an 11
  
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• The Russo Brothers and The Electric State cast talk the Netflix movie's "stunning" VFX – and say the graphic novel's creator is "fully supportive" of the movie lightening the tone

  07-03-2025 17:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Electric State, the latest movie from the Russo brothers, is adapted from Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel of the same name. Set in an alternate '90s dystopian society, one populated by the wreckage of a human vs. robot war, the graphic novel is full of striking, emotive imagery.Fittingly, then, the Netflix movie boasts flawless VFX, bringing to life the sentient robots who attempted to rise up against human mistreatment – and were beaten."The graphic novel provided our jumping of
  
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• This new spy thriller starring Michael Fassbender earns near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score with glowing first reviews

  07-03-2025 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just one week before it's due to hit the big screen, Steven Soderbergh’s new spy thriller Black Bag has landed stellar first reviews.Many critics are praising Black Bag, which currently sits at a near-perfect score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, for being a rarity in modern day cinema. "Black Bag is the kind of movie we don't always get in theaters anymore: a brilliant spy thriller with A-list talent and a sharp cinematic scale," said Bill Bria from Discussing Film. Hoai-Tran Bui from Inverse
  
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• Oni Press's new Biker Mice From Mars comic will take a "hard-hitting approach to the stories" and "definitely won't pull any punches"

  07-03-2025 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oni Press's NacelleVerse is roaring forward once more with the announcement of a new monthly ongoing comic based on '90s cartoon favorites, The Biker Mice From Mars. The new series will be written by Melissa Flores and illustrated by Daniel Gete in what is, surprisingly, the gang's first ever ongoing comic book.Oni has shared some new details on the comic and it sounds like this is going to be a darker, grittier take on the property than perhaps expected. "The Red Planet is in revolt . . . and h
  
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• Death Stranding 2 pre-orders are estimated to go live this month, and will reportedly include a $230 collector's edition that I pray doesn't come with another creepy baby statue

  07-03-2025 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pre-orders for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach are apparently set to go live very soon, but my thoughts go out to any massive fans of the original who are now reportedly going to be faced with spending $230 on the sequel's collector's edition.In a new report from known leaker billbil-kun (via Dealabs), it's claimed that pre-orders are expected to go up sometime this month, although the exact date isn't currently known. As you'd hope (and expect), standard physical versions will reportedly be ava
  
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• HBO boss says new Game of Thrones spin-off's battles "match" the mainline series at a "fraction of the price"

  07-03-2025 16:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  HBO drama head Francesca Orsi has heaped praise on the battle scenes in the upcoming Game of Thrones spin-off A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – despite its budget being dwarfed by the mainline series and House of the Dragon."We’re doing a Game of Thrones spinoff titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms for under $10 million in episode, [which is peanuts] relative to what Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon cost episodically," Orsi told The Hollywood Reporter.But that budget – co
  
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• The follow-up to a weird RPG with Undertale energy and over 10,000 overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews is, you guessed it, another weird RPG that's already flying on Steam

  07-03-2025 16:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's time to add another game to your wishlist/backlog: Everhood 2, a fever dream of an action RPG that combines Guitar Hero with Undertale.If gorgeous pixel art and an electric guitar-infused soundtrack that absolutely shreds isn't the kind of thing that gets you excited, well then we just can't be friends. But, maybe the plot of Everhood 2 will sway you. "Discover the color of your soul and what lies beyond the river of death in a strange land," the game's Steam page reads. "Accompany a myster
  
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• A new action thriller from the John Wick team described as "a corporate thriller with a samurai twist" is finding its cast, and I've never been more seated

  07-03-2025 16:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has joined the line-up of the upcoming action thriller on the way from the John Wick team – and it sounds like an absolute must-watch.The news of Erivo's casting comes courtesy of Deadline, though no details on her character are available just yet. 1883's Isabel May and Past Lives's Teo Yoo co-star.The film, which is titled Karoshi, is being produced by 87Eleven Entertainment's Chad Stahelski, Alex Young, and Jason Spitz. 87Eleven Entertainment is the John Wick fr
  
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• This Harry Potter parody game is more than just a meme - it's a co-op "comedic sandbox with a complete lack of safety nets" and 100% positive Steam reviews

  07-03-2025 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate already looked like the perfect parody of those adorable PS1 Harry Potter games (and also a love letter to the cursed memes they spawned), but I didn't expect the physics-driven sandbox game to have gotten basically perfect user reviews in its early access launch.That's exactly what sibling trio David (Dusk, Gloomwood developer), John (My Friendly Neighborhood) and Evan Szymanski (also from My Friendly Neighborhood fame) have achieved
  
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• Former Xbox boss admits the company once "encouraged" the console wars, which he believes "were healthy for the industry" as "a rising tide that lifted all ships"

  07-03-2025 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Xbox boss Peter Moore wholeheartedly admits that both he and Xbox "encouraged" the console wars, which he believes were – at least at a time – "healthy for the industry."Moore served as Microsoft's corporate vice president of home and entertainment (overseeing Xbox) between 2003 and 2007, arriving a little after the launch of the original Xbox and being there when the 360 first released. This timeframe also coincided with the PS2 and Nintendo GameCube (and more briefly the PS3
  
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• Attack on Titan studio's new anime series just got a release date, three years after Netflix unveiled its first teaser

  07-03-2025 15:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Three years after its first teaser was revealed, Netflix has finally confirmed when new anime series Moonrise is set to land on the platform – and it's super soon.Alongside a bunch of eye-catching stills, the streamer announced that the show would premiere on April 10 on Twitter, and that Chiaki Kobayashi and Yuto Uemura would be voicing lead characters Jack and Phil, respectively. In the post, it also noted that the sci-fi's original theme song 'Daijobu' was performed by AiNA THE END and
  
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• A mysterious Steam user has over 13,000 pairs of PUBG worth just 3 cents in his inventory, and players can't figure out whether it's hoarding or money laundering

  07-03-2025 14:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's no shortage of combat pants in the color black in PUBG, it seems, but they all end up in the same place – one mysterious Steam user's inventory.The unknown profile's impressive collection of combat pants was first noted on Reddit by a user hoping to figure out why somebody would hoard 13,092 pairs. "Came across a totally blank Steam profile with 13k of these $0.03 PUBG pants," writes the poster. "Anyone know what's going on here?" Attached to the thread is a screenshot of the Steam
  
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• A mysterious Steam user has over 13,000 pairs of PUBG pants worth just 3 cents in his inventory, and players can't figure out whether it's hoarding or money laundering

  07-03-2025 14:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's no shortage of combat pants in the color black in PUBG, it seems, but they all end up in the same place – one mysterious Steam user's inventory.The unknown profile's impressive collection of combat pants was first noted on Reddit by a user hoping to figure out why somebody would hoard 13,092 pairs. "Came across a totally blank Steam profile with 13k of these $0.03 PUBG pants," writes the poster. "Anyone know what's going on here?" Attached to the thread is a screenshot of the Steam
  
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• This fan-favorite action show just got canceled for a third time – but this time, it's permanent

  07-03-2025 14:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  S.W.A.T. joins FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted as another show canceled by CBS this week.The action drama series has been axed after eight seasons – and two previous cancelations. The show was originally canceled in May 2023 after its sixth season, before CBS reversed the decision just days later. S.W.A.T. was renewed for a seventh and final season, but then got a surprise renewal for season 8 in May 2024. According to Deadline, though, the most recent cancelation is said to be fin
  
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• Battlefield dev reveals more of his Bad Company 3 script and confirms the plot would revolve around the squad getting kicked out of the military and brought back for a final suicide mission

  07-03-2025 14:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  David Goldfarb, a former Battlefield developer, has shared a snippet from a script he wrote for Battlefield Bad Company 3.Unfortunately, Battlefield Bad Company 3 never got greenlit by EA, so we were all left hanging after the events of Bad Company 2, but either an NDA has expired or Goldfarb simply found some old files on his computer, because recently he's been sharing details of a script he wrote for the game.The page he shares contains dialogue between demolitions expert private George Gordo
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds' next update arrives next week, fixing another progression blocker, crashes, and weird monster behavior

  07-03-2025 13:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Heads up, hunters, a new Monster Hunter Wilds patch is on the way, and it's set to iron out another progression-blocking issue, crashes, and much more.Capcom announced the upcoming patch – 1.000.05.00 – today, but it's not set to go live until March 10. Notably, it'll fix an "issue wherein Main Mission: Chapter 5-1 'Omens' cannot be progressed. "The action RPG's previous patch already took aim at a number of progress-blocking bugs, but it seems this current one slipped through the cr
  
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• "What the f*** is this?": Split Fiction's Josef Fares shuts down players upset by the game's two female protagonists

  07-03-2025 13:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  It Takes Two director Josef Fares shuts down complaints about there being - shock and horror - two women at the forefront of his new co-op adventure Split Fiction.Hazelight studio head and the co-op maestro behind joyous platformer It Takes Two, prison escape sim A Way Out, and twisted fairytale Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons has been reacting to comments from players in a new video on Fall Damage, and Fares didn't hide his disdain for the bad apples who are mad about something as silly as having
  
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• The Evangelion studio's Gundam anime finally gets a release date and streaming home

  07-03-2025 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  A highly anticipated Gundam series is coming to "more than 240 countries" on Amazon's Prime Video this April.As revealed in an Amazon press release, the wonderfully-titled Gundam GQuuuuuuX (a reference to the term used as a placeholder in computer programming, for those curious) is set to stream from April 8.While Gundam as a property has been around for decades, there's serious hype around this latest project. That's because it's being developed by a dream team of Rebuild of Evangelion's Studio
  
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• Split Fiction, the new game from the It Takes Two devs, launches to Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam and is the highest rated game on Metacritic this year

  07-03-2025 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  It should come as no surprise to anyone that Split Fiction, the new game from It Takes Two studio Hazelight, is doing well, but it's doing really well, launching with over 1,000 Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam.Split Fiction follows two women trapped in virtual worlds of their own creation. Both writers, one prefers fantasy and the other loves sci-fi, and the pair have to venture through what each other's minds have conjured up.It's the fourth game from Hazelight, the team that brought u
  
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• Reacher star Alan Ritchson wants to play Batman so bad, he says "you wouldn't even have to pay me"

  07-03-2025 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over a year after he let it be known that he would love to play Batman in the DCU, Reacher star Alan Ritchson has doubled down on his DC dream and said he wants to play the vigilante so much, that he doesn't even want to be paid for it."Would I play Batman? Yes. Would I pay handsomely to be Batman? You wouldn't even have to pay me to be Batman," said the star to Wired. "I would don the suit. 'Gotham is mine.' Look at that. I don't even have to practice, it just comes out naturally."Ritchson is n
  
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• Balatro's first few hours generated over $600,000, "far more money" than the roguelike's creator had ever made: "It is the most surreal day of my life"

  07-03-2025 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Balatro's creator LocalThunk wasn't expecting his hit roguelike to be an instant success or a slow-burning sleeper hit, but to his surprise, the game made him more money in its first few hours alone than he had seen in his entire life.LocalThunk's decided to give us all a full timeline behind the creation and release of the poker-themed game that's made everyone's toilet breaks that much more enjoyable. But while looking back on launch day, the developer delves into how quickly he realized his l
  
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• After a comics Easter egg was spotted, Daredevil: Born Again fans now think that [SPOILER] is secretly alive

  07-03-2025 12:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Marvel comics Easter egg spotted in Daredevil: Born Again could be teasing the survival of a major character.Now, consider this your spoiler warning for Daredevil: Born Again episode 1! Turn back now if you're not up to date! If you're still reading, then you'll know that Foggy Nelson was tragically shot dead by Bullseye right at the start of the premiere. It's a shocking moment, but a reference to Daredevil vol. 88 issue no. 468 (the address number for Matt Murdock, Karen Page, and Foggy's la
  
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• Split Fiction and It Takes Two director still hates microtransactions: "I think it's a huge problem and it's stopping our industry from a creative perspective"

  07-03-2025 12:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  It Takes Two and Split Fiction director Josef Fares has doubled down once more on his hatred of microtransactions in games, explaining that they're the "kind of shits" that affect game design, and not in a good way.Right from the moment when Hazelight Studios' latest co-op romp, Split Fiction, was announced, Fares proclaimed that there'd be "no loot boxes, no microtransactions, no bullshit" included. This ideology is something he's reiterated, having recently told MinnMax that the studio will "n
  
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• BioWare lead proves he's onto us while celebrating Mass Effect 3's birthday, clarifying that's all he's doing so that "nobody can say I purposefully teased them"

  07-03-2025 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over a decade has passed since Mass Effect 3 first graced fans with its stellar story and sci-fi world, and BioWare lead Michael Gamble is celebrating its 13th birthday with a post – but at the same time, he's also ensuring that readers are aware that's all his post is.It's not a cryptic hint, a mysterious teaser, or any other flavor of a masked reveal – it's just a celebratory post commemorating the monumental release of Mass Effect's third entry. "Happy birthday, ME3," writes Gambl
  
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• Director Bong Joon Ho explains his new sci-fi film Mickey 17's surprise end title card: "It's a coming-of-age-story"

  07-03-2025 12:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: the following features spoilers for Mickey 17...Six years after his last film, which was the incredible Oscar-winning drama Parasite, director Bong Joon Ho's new feature is finally out.Based on the novel Mickey7 by author Edward Ashton, Mickey 17 follows the life of Robert Pattinson's Mickey Barnes, a man who signs up to be an 'expendable' for a space colony. What this means is that he is sent out on dangerous missions where he dies, with his body being reprinted out each time, introduc
  
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• One-Punch Man season 3's return date has been narrowed down – thanks to this hard-hitting new trailer

  07-03-2025 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The wait is almost over. One-Punch Man season 3 is set to hit our screens this October.The news was revealed on One-Punch Man's official Twitter account alongside a fresh key visual that sees Saitama, Genos, and a clutch of heroes standing tall against whatever may come their way.In a similar vein, a new teaser trailer accompanied the announcement. Titled 'The Strongest Will Assemble', the 40-second clip runs through some of the world's biggest heroes before settling on the biggest of them all,
  
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• Yet another Respawn shooter has reportedly been canceled, following the studio's Star Wars FPS and rumored Titanfall Legends game to the grave

  07-03-2025 11:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  EA has seemingly scrapped yet another shooter in development at Respawn Entertainment, the beloved studio behind Titanfall (RIP), Apex Legends, and the Star Wars Jedi series.As reported by The Game Post, the news comes via a now-deleted LinkedIn post from former production coordinator Emilee Evans, who wrote that the "unannounced Incubation project I was a part of for the past year was canceled this week, so I am joining the group of extremely talented and kind people in the games industry searc
  
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• Mickey 17 ending explained: Your biggest questions answered

  07-03-2025 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mickey 17, the latest movie from Bong Joon Ho, is out now – and the follow-up to the director's Oscar-winning movie Parasite doesn't disappoint. The sci-fi movie stars Robert Pattinson as Mickey, an 'expendable' employee who lives in a human colony on the planet Niflheim under the leadership of the charismatic, tyrannical politician Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo) – and his wife Ylfa (Toni Collette), who's pulling a few of the strings behind the scenes.Mickey has to undertake deadly
  
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• Avowed has a Skyrim Easter egg that pokes fun at the RPG's most memed about companion NPC

  07-03-2025 02:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avowed has an Easter egg that references Skyrim's most memed about NPC follower, Lydia.Lydia is usually the first Skyrim follower to be recruited, and unfortunately, she's also the most infamous. Poor ol' Lydia doesn't really do anything wrong in the game, and she's a faithful companion, but well, frankly, someone at Bethesda designed her to say a certain phrase a little too much."I am sworn to carry your burdens," she says in a way that makes it sound like she really doesn't want to be carrying
  
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• Split Fiction director says he'd "really appreciate" winning GOTY again, but if GTA 6 comes out in 2025 "it's going to be really tough" and he's fine with that because he's "a huge fan"

  07-03-2025 01:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Split Fiction director and Hazelight Studios founder Josef Fares is hoping he wins Game of the Year again in 2025, but he knows he's got some stiff competition if GTA 6 releases this year as planned.In a Fall Damage video where Fares responds to YouTube comments (timestamped here), he's shown one that predicts Split Fiction will be this year's Game of the Year. Hazelight took home the big award back in 2021 for the co-op romp It Takes Two, but that game didn't have one of the most highly anticip
  
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